Photos and the story
New Mexico
| Class | New Mexico class |
|---|---|
| Type | Battleship (BB) |
| Hull | BB-40 |
| Fate | Afloat. This is BB-40. On 6 January 1945 a kamikaze at Lingayen killed her captain, R. W. Fleming, and 29 others. Jesse Oldendorf was a guest on the bridge. His flag was not in her. On 12 May 1945, off Okinawa, she was Raymond Spruance's flagship. Two kamikazes hit. Fifty-four men were killed and 119 wounded. Not sunk. She left for Leyte on 28 May. |
| Armament (class) | Four triple 14-inch turrets. New Mexico, Mississippi, and Idaho. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.