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Contact Info
Home Town Baltimore
Last Address Pebble Beach, CA
Date of Passing Dec 13, 1969
Location of Interment Golden Gate National Cemetery (VA) - San Bruno, California
New Mexico Class Battleship: Displacement 32,000 Tons, Dimensions, 624' (oa) x 97' 5" x 31' 1" (Max). Armament 12 x 14"/50 22 x 5"/51, 8 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3 1/2" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 32,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 1084.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., April 5, 1915. Launched January 25 1917. Commissioned December 18 1917. Reclassified Gunnery Training Ship, AG-128, February 15, 1946. Stricken July 30, 1956. Decommissioned September 17, 1956.
Fate: Sold November 28, 1956 and broken up for scrap.