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Type: Battleship |
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1914 - 1946 |
| Laid down: 11 September 1911 |
| Launched: 30 October 1912 |
| Commissioned: 15 April 1914 |
| Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 |
| Fate: Sunk 8 July 1948 |
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The two New York class battleships were served with the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. These battleships were improvements on the Wyoming class, the main difference being that the New York class had five twin-turret 14-inch (356 mm) guns rather than six twin-turret 12-inch (305 mm) guns. The ships continued the armor suite of the Wyoming class with minor improvements.
The USS New York (BB-34) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class. Her keel was laid down 11 September 1911 by Brooklyn Navy Yard of New York City. She was launched on 30 October 1912 and commissioned on 15 April 1914. Upon the entry of the United States into World War I, she joined in blockade and escort missions. After American entry into World War II, USS New York was engaged in combat in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and later the Pacific. Postwar, she was used in Bikini atomic bomb tests. Decommissioned on 29 August 1946, USS New York was towed to Pearl Harbor where she was studied during the next two years and on 8 July 1948 taken out to sea and sunk as a target.
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