U.S.S. New Mexico
BB-40
1945
(Neptun 1305a)
- Class: New Mexico - 3 battleships of 1914
- Displacement: 33,000 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 625.75(oa) x 106.25 x 29.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 40,000 = 21.75 knots
- Armor: belt 14 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 12-14"/50 (4x3), 6-5"/51 (6x1), 8-5"/25 A.A. (8x1),
40-40mm (10x4) A.A. guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 1,930
- Builder: New York Navy Yard, New York, NY
- Keel Laid: 14 Oct 1915
- Launched: 23 Apr 1917
- Commissioned: 20 May 1918
- Decommissioned: 19 Jul 1946
- Notes: New Mexico originally built with turbo-electric power plant, cage masts, and secondary armament of 21-5"/51. Modernized in overhaul at Philadelphia Navy Yard Mar 1931 - Jan 1933 with conventional geared turbines and substitution of 5"/25 A.A. replacing a large number of the low-angle 5"/51's.
- Service: Neutrality Patrol Atlantic 1941, Attu, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Saipan, Guam, Lingayen (kamikazed 6 Jan 1945), Okinawa
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