USS New York (BB-34) was a battleship of the United States Navy. This is the hull that carried that number, and she survived the war.
Kemp Catlett Christian became her captain on 1 April 1943. He remained in command until he was relieved on 3 July 1945, a tour of more than two years that included the first day of April 1945.
On 1 April 1945, with Christian still her captain, New York was in the gunfire force off Okinawa. Her place that day was with that force. She was not sunk.
Grayson Birch Carter took command on 3 July 1945, the day Christian was relieved. Carter served as captain until 9 January 1946, when he was relieved.
New York survived the war. The battleship that stood in the gunfire force off Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was not sunk, and she still had Carter as captain into January 1946.