Standard-Type Battleship
New Mexico-Class
3
Ships Built
1917–1919
Commissioned
32,000 tons
Displacement
624 ft
Length
14"/50 guns
Main Battery
First American battleships with clipper bows and turbo-electric drive. All three were extensively modernized and served throughout the Pacific War, providing shore bombardment from the Aleutians to Okinawa.
Ship Roster - New Mexico-Class
3 vessels
2 items
USS New MexicoBB-40
USS MississippiBB-41
USS IdahoBB-42
Comm.
1918
Decom.
1946
Homeport
Long Beach
Nickname
The Queen
Note
Kamikaze hit at Lingayen
Decommissioned
2 items
Comm.
1917
Decom.
1956
Homeport
Norfolk
Nickname
Missy
Fate
Weapons test ship
Decommissioned
2 items
Comm.
1919
Decom.
1946
Homeport
Norfolk
Campaigns
Attu, Kwajalein, Okinawa
Decommissioned