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BB-34 USS NEW YORK
1914 - 1916

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Delta - Tango

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New York Class Battleship: Displacement 27,000 Tons, Dimensions, 573' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 10x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 56 x 4 x 21" tt. Armor, 12" Belt, 14" Turrets, 3" Decks, 12" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,100 IHP; Vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 1052.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, September 11, 1911. Launched October 30, 1912. Commissioned April 15, 1914. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken July 13, 1948.
Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Sunk, 40 miles off Oahu, July 8, 1948, by Naval Gunfire and Aircraft.
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BB-34 New York182kKeel of the New York (BB-34). Digital ID:# ggbain 09583, LC-B2- 2267-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-34 New York155kThe New York (BB-34) rises above her scaffolding at New York Naval Ship Yard sometime in 1912. Digital ID: # ggbain 12234. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-34 New York131k New York (BB-34) before launch. Digital ID:# ggbain 10716v, LC-B2-2435-8. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-34 New York145kView of the New York (BB-34) showing her propeller-less stems from her stern.Digital ID:# ggbain 10835, LC-B2-2445-12, / 2387991140_5a3f6ff6d7_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-34 New York108kThe National Ensign is raised at the battleship's stern during her commissioning ceremonies, 15 April 1914, at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.USNHC # NH 83711.
BB-34 New York145kA Navy Yard locomotive [0-4-0T switcher, possibly an H. K. Porter, one of seven produced for the US Navy in World War I] and freight cars are among the busy port scenes on display as the New York (BB-34) sits pier side nine days after being commissioned, 24 April 1914. Digital ID:# ggbain 15879v, LC-B2-3037-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Text i.d. courtesy of Alan Moore.
BB-34 New York49k New York (BB-34) shortly after commissioning.USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships71k U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach.
The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the:
Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Georgia (BB-15), New Jersey (BB-16), Rhode Island (BB-17), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), South Carolina (BB-26), Michigan (BB-27), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35) .
In insets are (left to right):
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo,
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher,
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger.
USNHC # NH 60322.
BB-34 New York113kUndated, probably right after launching in the early teens, New York (BB-34) at speed. Good image of hull mounted secondary armament. USN photo.
BB-34 New York72k"The fighting top of the New York (BB-34) photographed from the Manhattan Bridge as she steamed past for the Southern Drill Grounds and the formal opening of the Panama Canal." Photo by American Press Assn., text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 24 January 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-34 New York182k"New York (BB-34) returning to this city a week ago from for the Southern Drill Grounds. From one of the most remarkable photographs ever taken of a warship in the open sea, showing every foot of her deck." Photo by E. Muller, Jr. contributed by Roy C. Thomas from the book, "The United States Navy" published in 1919. Original text from N.Y. Times 31 October 1915, Page 8.
BB-34 New York90kIn Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 December 1916.USNHC photo # NH 45138.
BB-34 New York160k"DR. David Jayne Hill, former Ambassador to Germany, on behalf of the American Defense Society. Presenting to Captain Charles F. Hughes, of the super dreadnought New York (BB-34), the Defense Society's trophy for the highest score in big gun and torpedo practice." Photo by American Press Assn, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 19 November 1916, page 4, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-34 New York140kXmas time for Captain Charles F. Hughes & the New York (BB-34).Digital ID:# ggbain 23481v. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-34 New York91k Early teens post card of the New York (BB-34) passing through New York's East River. Photo courtesy of Omar Rubido, & submitted by Fabio Peņa.

USS NEW YORK BB-34 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. Kenneth C Sparks
Address: 4747 Ormonde Dr Cazenovia, NY, 13035-9348
Phone: 315-655-3842
E-mail: kenbarbcaz@usadatanet.net



Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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