USN · BB
New Mexico
Photos and infoNew Mexico-class battleship, BB-40. Spruance flew his flag in her during the Okinawa campaign after Indianapolis was damaged on 31 March 1945 and left. He was not her captain. On 12 May two kamikazes hit her. She was not sunk. She bombarded Kwajalein and Ebeye on 31 January and 1 February 1944, then replenished at Majuro.
| 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.
U.S. Navy photograph of New Mexico (BB-40). Wikimedia Commons File:USS New Mexico (BB-40).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · bombarded Kwajalein and Ebeye on 31 January and 1 February
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Spruance's flagship. Hit on 12 May 1945 and not sunk.
