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BB-34 USS NEW YORK
War in the Pacific / 1945

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 York125kThe New York (BB-34) sailed 21 November for the West Coast, arriving San Pedro 6 December for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. She departed San Pedro 12 January 1945, called at Pearl Harbor, and was diverted to Eniwetok to survey screw damage.
She appears here accompanied by a Fletcher class Destroyer when she was making her way across the Pacific. 		Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York133kLooking down from the forecastle of the New York (BB-34) as she makes her way through the Pacific to the war zone. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York150kProbably somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. Here her crew trains on the 20 mm Oerlikon guns.Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York118kProbably somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. The fire from her 5"/51 is visible past the tubs of the 20 mm Oerlikon guns.Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York114kProbably somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. The fire from her main 14"/45 is visible beneath the legs of her tripod mast.Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York155kLoading 5"/51 ammunition aboard the New York (BB-34) somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York63kBombarding Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima, 16 February 1945. She has just fired the left-hand 14"/45 gun of Number Four turret. View looks aft, on the starboard side. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-308952, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-34 New York63k New York (BB-34) inboard profile, 1945. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
Iwo Jima76k Photo taken from Vicksburg (CL-86) of the battleships Idaho (BB-42), Tennessee (BB-43), and New York (BB-34) (on right), during the bombardment of Iwo Jima, Feb 1945. Courtesy of modelwarships.com & submitted by Joesph Macdonald.
BB-43 Tennessee 76k Oil on canvas painting by the artist Anthony Saunders entitled "Tennessee (BB-43) During the Landings at Iwo Jima."
In February 1945, 850 square miles of volcanic rock became the most strategically important island in the South Pacific. From Iwo Jima heavy bombers would be able to raid Japanese cities almost at will. Even with its overwhelming military might, the Americans would have to pay a heavy price for such a seemingly small island. The battleship New York (BB-34) is behind the Tennessee. 		Text and drawing courtesy of naval-art.com
BB-34 New York47kProviding fire support at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945.USN photo.
BB-34 New York18k Damage from a kamakaize attack on the New York (BB-34) 14 April 1945 off the coast of Okinawa. Photo from WW II Damage Reports, courtesy of NavSea / dcfp.navy.mil.
BB-34 New York134kThe New York (BB-34) is shown here off Okinawa, which she reached 27 March to begin 76 consecutive days of action. She fired preinvasion and diversionary bombardments, covered landings, and gave days and nights of close support to troops advancing ashore. She did not go unscathed; a kamikaze grazed her 14 April, demolishing her spotting plane on its catapult. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York200k New York (BB-34) left Okinawa 11 June to regun at Pearl Harbor. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York155kLoading a casuality aboard a strecher. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak.
BB-34 New York159kLeaving Iwo Jima, New York (BB-34) at last repaired her propellers at Manus. She appears here at ABSD-4, some time in early March 1945 with her crew scrapping & repainting her. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-34 New York117k New York (BB-34) appears here at ABSD-4, some time in early March 1945. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak.
BB-34 New York123kI believe the officer speaking at the microphone is the captain of the New York (BB-34) & his XO who looks like the actor Lee Marvin is to his right. Probably taken on the ocassion of the burial at sea for the three sailors who appear in the two photos below. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak.
BB-34 New York127kBurial at sea for three sailors, possibly killed during the attack by the kamikaze that grazed her on 14 April, 1945.Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak.
BB-34 New York117kBurial at sea for three sailors, possibly killed during the attack by the kamikaze that grazed her on 14 April, 1945. The first casuality is consigned to the sea.Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak.
BB-34 New York123k"Somewhere in the South Pacific", author unknown. Photo by Joseph Zayak (Vinny), former PFC, USMC, courtesy of his son Joseph Zayak.
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

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