USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated a second-class battleship. Due to the unusually protracted construction of Maine, New York was actually the first armored cruiser to enter U.S. Navy service. The fourth Navy ship to be named in honor of the state of New York, she was later renamed Saratoga and then Rochester. With six 8-inch guns, she was the most heavily armed cruiser in the US Navy when commissioned.
USS New York (ACR-2), off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.
USS New York c. 1899
1898 color illustration of the New York
USS Rochester docked in Subic Bay, 27 October 1941
The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast enough to outrun any battleship it encountered.
The Russian armored cruiser Rurik is an example of an armored cruiser.
Russian armored cruiser General-Admiral.
French armored cruiser Dupuy de Lôme
HMS Orlando