USS New Mexico (BB-40)
Service
- as New Mexico20 May 1918 — 19 July 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS New Mexico
- Pennant / hull number
- BB-40
- Namesake
- New Mexico
- Builder
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 14 October 1915
- Launched
- 13 April 1917
- Commissioned
- 20 May 1918
- Decommissioned
- 19 July 1946
- Struck
- 25 February 1947
- Fate
- Scrapped 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 32,000 long tons (32,514 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 33,000 long tons (33,530 t)
- Length
- 190.2 m (624 ft)
- Beam
- 29.57 m (97 ft)
- Draught
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Complement
- 1,084
- Main gun
- 356 mm (14 in)
(Battleship No. 40: dp. 32,000; l. 624-; b. 97-; dr. 30-; s. 21 k.; cpl. 1,084; a. 12 14-, 14 5-, 4 3-, 2 21- tt.; cl. New Mexico )
New Mexico (Battleship No. 40) was laid down 14 October 1915 by the New York Navy Yard: launched 13 April 1917; sponsored by Miss Margaret C. DeBaca, daughter of the Governor of New Mexico; and commissioned 20 May 1918, Capt. Ashley H. Robertson in command.
After initial training, New Mexico departed New York 15 January 1919 for Brest, France, to escort home transport George Washington carrying President Woodrow Wilson from the Versailles Peace Conference, returning to Hampton Roads 27 February. There on 16 July she became flagship of the newly-organized Pacific Fleet, and three days later sailed for the Panama Canal and San Pedro, Calif., arriving 9 August. The next 12 years were marked by frequent combined maneuvers with the Atlantic Fleet both in the Pacific and Caribbean which included visits to South American ports and a 1925 cruise to Australia and New Zealand.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (New Mexico (Battleship No. 40)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × turbo-electric steam turbines
- 4 × screw propellers
- Power
- 9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
- 27500 shp
- Armament
- 12 × 14 in/50 cal guns
- 14 × 5 in/51 cal guns
- 8 × 3 in/50 cal guns
- 2 × Mark 15 21 in torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 8 - 13.5 in
- Barbettes: 13 in
- Turret face: 18 in
- Turret sides: 9 - 10 in
- Turret top: 5 in
- Turret rear 9 in
- Conning tower: 11.5 in
- Decks: 3.5 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS New Mexico (BB-40) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from New Mexico (Battleship No. 40) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2004.042.056 1921 [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons