
| SMY14 USS New York (CA 2) Built Cramps 1890-93; Displ. 8200 t; 384 (oa) x 64.75 x 23.5 ft; recip. ihp 16,000 = 20 kts; 6x8"/35+12x4"+8x6pdr+ smaller+3xTT; Sp.-AM.War 4-8,1898 Cuba/Puerto Rico, B. of Santiago flag Adm Sampson; rebuilt 1903-05 new Armament (4x8"/45+10x5"+8x3"+-TT) & funnels raised; 1911 r/n SARATOGA (to free name for BB 34). WWI convoy escort & troop transport; 1917 rft (2x3" AA for 2x5"). r/n ROCHESTER (free name for CC 3, later CV 3) Ship served in all areas, twice as flagship of Asiatic Squadron; 1932-33, 8 boilers + 1 funnel removed, decommissioned, as receiving ship Olongapo, Subic Bay. 12.1941 scuttled |
