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Allied Warships

USS New Mexico (BB 40)

Battleship of the New Mexico class


USS New Mexico late 1942.

NavyThe US Navy
TypeBattleship
ClassNew Mexico 
PennantBB 40 
Built byNew York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Oct, 1915 
Launched13 Apr, 1917 
Commissioned20 May, 1918 
End service19 Jul, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 19 July 1946.
Stricken 25 February 1947.
Sold 13 October 1947.
Scrapped at Newark starting in November 1947. 

Noteable events involving New Mexico include:

12 May, 1945
On this date USS New Mexico was hit by two Japanese kamakaze aircraft and damaged, 54 of her crew died and 119 more were wounded.


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