Battleships: New York Class

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New York Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Texas pictured on March 15th 1948..She was decommissioned on April 21st 1948.
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Floating Crane Hercules pictured performing a 220,000 lb lift of No 2 14 inch turret, for installation on Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New York at New York Navy Yard on May 8th 1913.
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Sisters, New York Class Dreadnought Battleships USS New York (foreground) with USS Texas, pictured at Charlestown Navy Yard on June 24th 1934.
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New York Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Texas pictured at Hvalfjörður, Iceland during her Atlantic convoy escort deployment, sometime between February 11th and 20th, 1942.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New York pictured in August 1935.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New York pictured fitting out in Dry Dock No 4 at Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 3rd 1913.
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New York Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Texas pictured docked at Balboa, Canal Zone c1931.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New York pictured with Escort Carrier USS Charger at Norfolk Navy Yard on August 11th 1942.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New York pictured in the East River in July 1915.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS New York pictured at Hampton Roads on December 10th 1916...Entering service in 1914, she was part of the U.S. Navy force which was sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea near the end of World War I. During that time, she was involved in at least two incidents with German U-boats, and is believed to have been the only US ship to have sunk one in the war, during an accidental collision in October 1918. Following the war, she was sent on a series of training exercises and cruises in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, and saw several overhauls to increase her armament, aircraft handling and armour.
She entered the Neutrality Patrol at the beginning of World War II, and served as a convoy escort for ships to Iceland and Great Britain in the early phase of the war. She saw her first combat against coastal artillery during Operation Torch around Casablanca in North Africa, and later became a training ship. Late in the war, she moved to the Pacific, and provided naval gunfire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima and later the invasion of Okinawa. Returning to Pearl Harbor for repairs until the end of the war, she was classified obsolete and was chosen to take part in the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. She survived both explosions, and the effects of radiation on the ship were studied for two years. She was eventually sunk as a target in 1948. She received three battle stars for her service.
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