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|  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 29,500 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 573'2" by 106"4" by 31'6" 174.70m by 32.41m by 9.60m |
| Maximum speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 1470 |
| Aircraft | 1
capapult 3 seaplanes |
| Armament | 5x2 14"/45
guns 8x1 6 5"/51 guns 10x1 3"/50 AA guns 4x4 1.1"/75 AA guns 8 0.50 machine guns |
| Protection | 11,900 tons: 12" (305mm) belt 3.5"+1.5"+0.5" (89mm+38mm+13mm) main deck 11" (279mm) bulkheads 14" (356mm) turret faces 12" (305mm) barbettes 12" (305mm) conning tower 15' (5m) torpedo bulges |
| Machinery |
2-shaft 4-cylinder triple
expansion reciprocating (28,100 shp) 14 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage | 5200 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 7284 nautical miles (13,500 km) at 12 knots |
| Sensors |
CXAM air search radar |
| Modifications |
1942-8: Added 4x4 1.1" guns and 42 20mm Oerlikon AA guns. 1943-4 to 1943-10: All 1.1" guns replaced with quad 40mm Bofors AA guns. Late 1944: Light antiaircraft is 10x4 40mm
and 44x1, 1x2 20mm guns. |
The New Yorks
were among the oldest U.S.
battleships still in commission. They were based on the Wyoming class, but with 14" (356mm) main armament and
slightly thicker armor. Built in 1914, before the
all-or-nothing armor revolution,
they were modernized to bring their
protection
to 40% of displacement, with adequate deck armor. They lacked
range and
stability, suffered from unreliable machinery, and were poor sea
boats.
However, they gave useful service in the European theater, and the New
York
herself joined the Pacific Fleet just in time to be slightly damaged by
a kamikaze. New York also served as a test
platform for early naval radars, so that she began the war with CXAM
already installed.
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Arrived 1944-11 |
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Arrived 1944-11-28 |
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