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Drawing courtesy of Robert Jensen
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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51k | Bows On View, Undated. | USN | |
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1.3m | Starboard quarter view while underway, date and location unknown and badly in need of some paint.... | Darryl Baker | |
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120k |
Armored cruiser USS New York (ACR 2), circa 1889, at an unknown location. Library of Congress digital ID det 4a04864 |
Mike Green | |
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56k |
USS New York (CA 2) underway, circa the 1890s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50012. |
USNHC/Scott Dyben | |
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93k | USS New York (ACR 2), Bows-on view. 1895 | PAHRC | |
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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 | |
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220k |
Photo of a group of sailors aboard New York in 1896. Library of Congress |
Dick Carter | |
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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 | |
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209k |
USS New York (CA 2) off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898. From Colliers Spanish American War, published 1898 |
Dan Wilmes | |
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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 | |
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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 |
Tom Kermen | |
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228k | Port Bow, 1899. Image # (19-A-25-16) | National Archives | |
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895k | Bar Harbor, Maine, 6-13 August 1899. Note the Flag Officers' pennant on the after mast. From the collection of Raymond Strout | Jonathan Eno | |
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1.2m | Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard. Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. | Darryl Baker | |
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1.2m | Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard. Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. | Darryl Baker | |
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2m | Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard. Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. | Darryl Baker | |
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104k |
Asiatic Fleet warships off Chefoo, China, circa 1914-1916. Ships present
are (from left to right): U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 88587. |
USNHC | |
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127k |
USS Saratoga leaving the far-east for the US. Photo taken from the USS Brooklyn. Note the Homeward Bound pennant flying from the after mast. Caption on back of photo reads: "This is the Saratoga as she left here the First of January for US. You can see the long Silk Pennant. It reached clear to the water and was made of over 400 yard of Silk. The Saratoga is now at Mare Island Navy yard California for repairs. We expect to go to Olongapo on the 20th" From the collection of Roy H Williams. |
Roy Williams | |
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87k |
Bow view of the USS Rochester (ACR-2), in 1917, anchored in an unknown location. Library of Congress, LC-B2- 3001-14 |
Mike Green | |
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100k | Starboard bow view while anchored in an unknown port prior to WWI. | Peter Lienau | |
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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. | |
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50k | The decommissioned cruiser ROCHESTER at Olongapo in the Philippines, 1938 or 1939. | David Wright | |
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36k | The decommissioned cruiser ROCHESTER at Olongapo in the Philippines, 1938 or 1939. | David Wright | |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
| Philip, John, CAPT | 08/01/1893 - 08/05/1894 | |
| Evans, Robley Dungliston (Fightin' Bob), CAPT | RADM | 08/05/1894 - 10/05/1895 |
| Schley, Winfield Scott, CAPT | RADM | 10/05/1895 |
| Chadwick, French Ensor, CAPT | RADM | 1897 |
| Snow, Albert Sidney, CAPT | 1899 | |
| Decommissioned | 03/31/1905 - 05/15/1909 | |
| Decommissioned | 12/31/1909 - 04/01/1910 | |
| Jayne, Joseph Lee, CDR | 03/16/1910 | |
| Hughes, Charles Frederick, CAPT | RADM | 01/1917 |
| Smith Arthur St.Clair, CAPT | ~1917 | |
| McVay Jr., Charles Butler, CAPT | ~1917 - 1918 | |
| Decommissioned | 02/06/1916 - 04/23/1917 | |
| Overstreet, Luther Martin, CAPT | 03/1918 - 09/05/1920 | |
| Karns, Franklin D., CAPT | 09/05/1920 | |
| Cage, Harry Kimball, CAPT | ~1923 | |
| Ellis, Hayne, CDR | RADM | 03/31/1924 - 02/18/1926 |
| Allen, Burrell Clinton, CAPT | 02/18/1926 - 01/27/1928 | |
| Baldridge, Harry Alexander, CAPT | RADM | 01/27/1928 - 06/16/1930 |
| Treadwell Sr., Lawrence Penfield, CAPT | 06/16/1930 - 05/1932 | |
| Calhoun, William Lowndes, CAPT | ADM | 05/1932 - 06/12/1934 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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