USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946. She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships, and the first ship to be named for the state of New Mexico. Her keel was laid down on 14 October 1915 at the New York Navy Yard, from which she was launched on 23 April 1917 and commissioned on 20 May 1918. New Mexico was the U.S. Navy's most advanced warship and its first battleship with a turbo-electric transmission, which helped her reach a maximum speed of 21 knots.
USS New Mexico (BB-40) in 1921
USS New Mexico (BB-40), c. 1935, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
New Mexico is struck by a kamikaze aircraft, 12 May 1945
New Mexico, with Mt. Fuji in the background, August 1945.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan. It is bounded by Navy Street to the west, Flushing Avenue to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and the East River on the north. The site, which covers 225.15 acres (91.11 ha), is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Aerial photo taken in 1918
Enterprise docked at the yard, circa 1890
USS Indiana (BB-1) refitting at the yard after the Spanish–American War
Oregon in the yard in 1898