The USS New Mexico Collection (Hutcheson), 1915-1989

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The USS New Mexico Collection (Hutcheson), 1915-1989

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Hutcheson, Joanne and James Sterling

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Construction began on the first turboelectric-driven battleship, the USS New Mexico (nicknamed "The Queen"), in October of 1915 at the New York Navy Yard. The ship was christened the USS New Mexico by Margaret C. de Baca on April 23, 1917, and placed into commission by the US Navy on May 20, 1918, just before the fall of Germany in World War One. Assigned to the west coast in 1919, the New Mexico became the first flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and was stationed in San Pedro, Cal...

New Mexico (Battleship)

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