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 | 90k | Pitching into heavy seas while en route from Casablanca on convoy escort duty, March 1943. View looks forward from her foremast. Note her twin 14"/45 gun turrets and water flowing over main deck. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-65893, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 201k | New York (BB-34) at the N.Y. Navy Yard in 1943. Main battery unchanged. Note Stovepipe IFF antennas,TBS,an SG on a platform just below her Secondary Battery Director Deck and the covered MK.51's atop her boatcranes. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 236k | New York (BB-34) at the N.Y. Navy Yard in April 1943. The Fire Control and Spotting Station atop the Secondary Battery Control Station aft and below the top of the stack with little smoke interference. It did not have a Battle Lookout Level. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 290k | New York (BB-34) April 1943. Note the 1.1-Inch mount on the left and the 25-men life rafts stacked on deck. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 238k | New York (BB-34) in Measure 22 on April 1943. Note the added quadruple Bofors 40mm's replacing the less effecient 1.1-Inch mounts, considerably increasing her air defence capabilities. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 321k | New York (BB-34) at the Navy Yard, N.Y. April 1943. Note the new floater nets atop her #4 Main Battery Turret and the numerous stacked liferafts aand new A.A.guns reflecting lessons learned in the Solomons. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 99k | New York (BB-34) 3" gun mount, 9 Sept. 1943. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN. Contributed by his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 215k | New York (BB-34) rapid fire 3" gun mount, 9 Sept 1943. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN. Contributed by his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 148k | New York (BB-34) firing her main battery, circa 1943. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN. Contributed by his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 53k | Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane, being recovered, circa 1943. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN. Contributed by his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 86k | Preparing the target drone for flight, circa 1943. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN. Contributed by his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 169k | Launching a drone for target practice, circa 1943. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN. Contributed by his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 202k | Three Kingfishers aboard New York (BB-34) while anchored ar Casco Bay, Maine on 16 June 1943. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 64k | New York class line drawing, 11/43. | Courtesy of Joe Radigan. | |
 | 755k | New York (BB-34) probably in 1944 in Measure 22. | USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Photo added 05/01/08. | |
 | 242k | OS2U Kingfisher aboard New York (BB-34) in June 1944. Note the depth charge under the port wing. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 162k | New York (BB-34) as she appeared in June, 1944. | USN photo. | |
 | 124k | Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35). This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and superstructure ends. New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 19-N-73641, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 117k | Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35). This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side, exposed decks and superstructure ends. New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 19-N-73640, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 200k | New York (BB-34) somewhere in 1944, showing details of her boatcrane with atop a MK.51 director for the below quad. 40mm mount. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 134k | Forward view of the New York (BB-34) off Hampton Roads, Virginia on 14 November 1944 escorted by tugs. She had just completed a refit at Norfolk Navy Yard which included new 3" gun director (Mark 50) with the conical- scanning type MK.10Mod.5, with 45in dish giving a better performance - 15,000yds on a bomber; one above the bridge and the other atop her stub mainmast, & MK[1].3 Main Battery Fire Control antenna, 20mm A.A. gunarray along main deck edge is clearly seen here too. Getting her ready for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 65k | Stern starboard view of the ship off Hampton Roads, Virginia on 14 November 1944 escorted by tugs. She had just completed a refit at Norfolk Navy Yard which included new 3" gun directors (Mark 50) one above the bridge and the other atop her stub mainmast. 20mm A.A. gun array along main deck edge is clearly seen here too. Getting her ready for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 80k | Photographed in 1944-45, while painted in camouflage Measure 31a/8B. | USNHC # NH 63525, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo i.d. text courtesy of Aryeh Wetherhorn (USN / Israeli Navy /Retired. | |
 | 52k | New York (BB-34) underway off shore, circa early 1945. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B. This photograph was released on 26 January 1946 with an announcement that New York was to be used as an atomic bomb target. It was, however, taken about a year earlier. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 104833, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
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