New Mexico class
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The New Mexico class was a group of early 20th-century U.S. Navy battleships that introduced improved firepower and armor over preceding designs and served prominently through World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Mexico class canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship class
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battleship class ⓘ |
| activeInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| armorBeltThickness | up to 13.5 inches ⓘ |
| armorDeckThickness | up to 3.5 inches ⓘ |
| armorTurretFaceThickness | up to 18 inches ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 97 feet ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Brooklyn Navy Yard
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Navy Yard
New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 1915–1919 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,000 officers and enlisted (varied by ship and period) ⓘ |
| designedForRole |
fleet battleship
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line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| designedSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 32,000 long tons (full load) ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 30 feet ⓘ |
| fate | all ships scrapped after World War II ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tennessee class ⓘ |
| hasMember |
USS Idaho (BB-42)
ⓘ
USS Mississippi (BB-41) ⓘ USS New Mexico (BB-40) ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
clipper bow on USS New Mexico (BB-40)
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improved armor protection over Pennsylvania class ⓘ improved fire control systems ⓘ |
| length | approximately 624 feet ⓘ |
| mainBattery | 12 × 14-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | 4 triple turrets ⓘ |
| modernizationFeature |
improved torpedo protection
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new superstructures ⓘ upgraded anti-aircraft armament ⓘ |
| modernizedInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| navalStandardType | U.S. Navy standard-type battleship concept ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | transition design between early U.S. dreadnoughts and later standard-type battleships ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Pennsylvania-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania class
|
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 8,000 nautical miles at 10 knots ⓘ |
| secondaryBattery | 5-inch guns (various numbers over career) ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | World War I era ⓘ |
| shipType | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| standardDisplacement | approximately 29,000 long tons ⓘ |
| typicalOperations |
convoy escort
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fleet screening ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ |
| usedInTheater |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.