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| Country:
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Type: Battleship |
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1918 - 1946 |
| Laid down: 14 October 1915 |
| Launched: 13 April 1917 |
| Commissioned: 20 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned: 19 July 1946 |
| Fate: Scrapped 13 October 1947 |
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The New Mexico class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class. Most of the secondary 5-inch (127 mm) guns were mounted in the superstructure, a great improvement over the earlier arrangements.
USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class. New Mexico was laid down 14 October 1915 by the New York Navy Yard; launched 13 April 1917 and commissioned 20 May 1918. Too late to participate in the First World War, USS New Mexico remained in service postwar. Modernized and overhauled at Philadelphia between March 1931 and January 1933, including an anti-aircraft battery, USS New Mexico returned to active duty in the Pacific in October 1934. During World War II, USS New Mexico was primarily engaged in the war against Japan in the Pacific. Postwar, the USS New Mexico was decommissioned 19 July 1946, in Boston. She was sold for scrapping 13 October 1947.
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