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USS NEW YORK/SARATOGA/ROCHESTER (ACR/CA-2)

CLASS - NEW YORK
Displacement 8,150 Tons, Dimensions, 384' (oa) x 64' 10" x 26' 8" (Max)
Armament 6 x 8"/35, 12 x 4"/40 8 x 6pdr, 4 x 1pdr, 3 x 14" tt.
Armor, 4" Belt, 5 1/2" Turrets, 6" Deck, 7" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 565.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 19 SEP 1890 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA
Launched 02 DEC 1891
Commissioned 1 AUG 1893
Decommissioned 31 MAR 1905
Commissioned 15 MAY 1909
Decommissioned 31 DEC 1909
Commissioned 1 APR 1910
Renamed SARATOGA 16 FEB 1911
Decommissioned 6 FEB 1916
Commissioned 23 APR 1917
Renamed ROCHESTER 1 DEC 1917
Reclassified CA-2 in 1920
Decommissioned 29 APR 1933
Stricken 28 OCT 1938
Fate: Scuttled in DEC 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese.
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By And/Or Copyright
New York 51k Bows On View, Undated. USN
New York 56k

USS New York (CA-2) underway, circa the 1890s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50012.

 USNHC/Scott Dyben
New York 93k USS New York (ACR-2), Bows-on view. 1895 PAHRC
New York 56k

USS New York (CA-2) Stern view, at the New York Navy Yard, 1898, with ladies visiting the ship. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the International View Company, copyrighted by C.L. Wasson, 1899. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100315.

 USNHC
New York 63k

USS New York (CA-2) Underway in New York Harbor during the victory fleet review, 21 August 1898, accompanied by local tugs and other craft. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson's two-star flag is flying at the mainmast peak. Courtesy of Rear Admiral Arthur St. Clair Smith, USN (Ret).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 1912.

 USNHC
New York 53k

USS New York (CA-2) Off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 45129.

 USNHC
New York
acr0214		 90k

Starboard bow view most likely off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.

Caption on photo:

"Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles.

No. 997."

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b18684 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b18684
CONTROL #: 2003656191
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-71300 (b&w film copy neg.)

 Tom Kermen
New York 228k Port Bow, 1899. Image # (19-A-25-16) National Archives
New York 104k

Asiatic Fleet warships off Chefoo, China, circa 1914-1916. Ships present are (from left to right):

USS Galveston (C-17);
USS Bainbridge (DD-1); and
USS Saratoga (ACR-2).

Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 88587.

USNHC
New York 100k Starboard bow view while anchored in an unknown port prior to WWI. Peter Lienau
New York 43k USS Rochester CA-2, Port Bow view. From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier of New Orleans, LA. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier. Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier.
New York
acr0212		 50k The decommissioned cruiser ROCHESTER at Olongapo in the Philippines, 1938 or 1989. David Wright
New York
acr0213		 36k The decommissioned cruiser ROCHESTER at Olongapo in the Philippines, 1938 or 1989. David Wright
Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Philip, John, CAPT   08/01/1893 -
Chadwick, French Ensor, CAPT   ~1899 -
Decommissioned   03/31/1905 - 05/15/1909
Decommissioned   12/31/1909 - 04/01/1910
McVay Jr., Charles Butler, CAPT   ~1916 - 1918
Decommissioned   02/06/1916 - 04/23/1917
Overstreet, Luther Martin, CAPT   03/1918 - 09/05/1920
Treadwell Sr., Lawrence Penfield, CAPT   ~1925 -
Baldridge, Harry Alexander, CAPT RADM 02/1928 - 06/1930
Calhoun, William Lowndes, CAPT ADM 05/1932 - 06/12/1934

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS NEW YORK/SARATOGA/ROCHESTER (ACR/CA-2) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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