Former USS New York and USS Saratoga (ARC-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.
