USS New York (ACR-2)

For other ships with the same name, see USS New York.

USS New York (ACR-2), off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.
Class overview
BuildersWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byUSS Maine (ACR-1)
Succeeded byUSS Brooklyn (ACR-3)
Built1890–1893
In commission1893–1938
Completed1
Lost1
History
United States
Name
  • New York (1891–1911)
  • Saratoga (1911–1917)
  • Rochester (1917–1938)
Namesake
Ordered7 September 1888
Awarded28 August 1890
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost$2,985,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)($96,773,700 in 2022 $US)
Yard number268
Laid down30 September 1890
Launched2 December 1891
Sponsored byMiss Helen Page
Commissioned1 August 1893
Decommissioned29 April 1933
Renamed
  • 16 February 1911, Saratoga
  • 1 December 1917, Rochester
ReclassifiedCA-2, 17 July 1920
Stricken28 October 1938
Identification
FateScuttled 24 December 1941, Subic Bay, Philippines, wreck remains in place
General characteristics (as built)
TypeArmored cruiser
Displacement
  • 8,150 long tons (8,281 t) (standard)
  • 8,900 long tons (9,043 t) (full load)
Length
  • 384 ft (117 m)oa
  • 380 ft 6 in (115.98 m)pp
Beam64 ft 10 in (19.76 m)
Draft23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (design)
  • 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (Speed on trial)
Complement53 officers, 422 enlisted, 40 Marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 4 in (102 mm)
  • Deck: 6 in (152 mm) sloped sides, 3 in (76 mm) flat middle (amidships)
  • 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) (forward & aft)
  • Turrets: 5+1⁄2 in (140 mm)
  • 5 in (127 mm) (hoists)
  • Barbettes: 10 in (254 mm)
  • Side barbettes: 2 in (51 mm)
  • Secondary sponsons: 4 in (102 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 7+1⁄2 in (191 mm)
General characteristics (1909)[1][2]
Installed power12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Armament
Armor
General characteristics (1919)[2][3]
Complement73 officers, 511 enlisted, 64 Marines
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in (203 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles (2 x 2)
  • 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns

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.[2][4]

She was laid down on 19 September 1890 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, launched on 2 December 1891, and sponsored by Miss Helen Clifford Page,[5] the daughter of J. Seaver Page, the secretary of the Union League Club of New York.[6] New York was commissioned 1 August 1893, Captain John Philip in command.[5]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Navy Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 147
  3. ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels". US Navy Department. 1 July 1921. p. 50. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ^ Bauer and Roberts, p. 133
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference DANFS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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