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Photo # NH 83711:  The National Ensign is raised as USS New York is placed in commission, 15 April 1915

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USS New York (Battleship # 34, later BB-34), 1914-1948 -- Part II


This page features additional selected views concerning USS New York (BB-34).

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS New York (Battleship # 34, later BB-34), 1914-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 83711

    USS New York (BB-34)


    The National Ensign is raised at the battleship's stern during her commissioning ceremonies, 15 April 1914, at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 58841-KN (Color)

    "Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917"

    Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth.
    Ships of the American column are (from front) USS New York (BB-34), USS Wyoming (BB-32), USS Florida (BB-30) and USS Delaware (BB-28).

    Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77350

    USS New York
    (BB-34)

    View of the ship's forward superstructure, with the antenna of the XAF radar atop her pilot house, circa late 1938 or early 1939.
    A cropped version of this image, emphasizing the radar antenna, is Photo # NH 77350-A
    Note the battleship's foremast, with its gunfire control facilities; her armored conning tower; and the rangefinder atop her Number Two gun turret.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 720 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105852

    XAF Radar
    (Transmitter and Receiver)

    Which was installed on USS New York (BB-34) by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in late 1938.
    While mounted on that ship, this experimental 200 megacycle radar was tested at sea during the first months of 1939.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 184KB; 720 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-65893

    USS New York (BB-34)


    Pitching into heavy seas while en route from Casablanca on convoy escort duty, March 1943.
    View looks forward from her foremast. Note her twin 14"/45 gun turrets and water flowing over main deck.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 90KB; 600 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-308952

    USS New York (BB-34)


    Bombarding Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima, 16 February 1945.
    She has just fired the left-hand 14"/45 gun of Number Four turret. View looks aft, on the starboard side.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73640

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35.
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side.
    New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 148KB; 1200 x 800 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-73641

    Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B


    Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35.
    This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and superstructure ends.
    New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 157KB; 1200 x 805 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    Related images -- For other views concerning the experimental XAF Radar installed on USS New York in 1938-1939, see:

  • U.S. Navy Shipboard Radars -- XAF.


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS New York (Battleship # 34, later BB-34), 1914-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 17 June 2007
    New images added 9 June 2008