BB-34 USS New York battleship commissioning, April 15, 1914:
US Naval Historical Center NH-83711
BB-34 USS New York battleship, May 29, 1915:
Bureau of Ships 19-N-13046
BB-34 USS New York battleship Hampton Roads, Virginia, December 10, 1916:
US Naval Historical Center NH-45138
BB-34 USS New York battleship being toured by (left to right) Admiral Beaty, Admiral Rodman, King George V, Prince of Wales, Admiral Sims, November 1918:
Imperial War Museum Q-73644
BB-34 USS New York battleship at Hampton Roads, Virginia, October 17, 1929:
US Naval Historical Center NH-64510
BB-34 USS New York, BB-36 USS Nevada, BB-37 USS Oklahoma, and CV-1 Langley during 1932 maneuvers:
US Naval Historical Center NH-48138
BB-34 USS New York battleship with XAF radar antenna in late 1938 or early 1939:
US Naval Historical Center NH-77350
BB-34 USS New York battleship with XAF radar transmitter and receiver:
US Naval Historical Center NH-77350
BB-34 USS New York battleship after Battle of Casablanca, November 10, 1942:
US Navy photo 80-G-31582
BB-34 USS New York battleship off Iwo Jima, February 16, 1945:
US Navy photo 80-G-308952
BB-34 USS New York battleship on convoy escort duty, March 1943:
US Navy photo 80-G-65893
BB-34 USS New York battleship in New York, October 19, 1945:
US Navy photo 80-G-K-14562
BB-34 USS New York battleship sometime in 1945 - 1946:
US Naval Historical Center NH-63525
BB-34 USS New York battleship 1945:
US Navy photo NH-104833
BB-34 USS New York battleship in New York harbor, circa 1945 - 1946:
US Naval Historical Center NH-105564
BB-34 USS New York battleship aft guns:
Imperial War Museum Q-18585
BB-34 USS New York battleship:
Imperial War Museum Q-23343
BB-34 USS New York battleship after reconstruction:
Imperial War Museum Q-68889
BB-34 USS New York battleship:
Imperial War Museum Q-23351
BB-34 USS New York battleship:
Imperial War Museum Q-18581
BB-34 USS New York battleship:
Imperial War Museum Q-18586
BB-35 USS Texas battleship in New York City, 1919:
US Naval Historical Center NH-61243
BB-35 USS Texas battleship firing its main battery, February 1928:
US Naval Historical Center NH-2792
BB-35 USS Texas battleship in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, June 21, 1937:
US Naval Historical Center NH-2792
BB-35 USS Texas battleship on Navy Day, October 27, 1940:
US Navy photo 80-G-464121
BB-35 USS Texas battleship being fired on by German artillery off Cherbourg, France, June 25, 1944:
US Navy photo 80-G-244210
BB-35 USS Texas battleship on Atlantic convoy escort duty, summer 1941:
US Navy photo 80-G-K-387
BB-35 USS Texas battleship recovering OS2U Kingfisher during pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima, February 16, 1945:
US Navy photo 80-G-309140
BB-35 USS Texas battleship at Norfolk, Virginia, March 15, 1943:
US Navy photo 80-G-63542
BB-35 USS Texas battleship off Iwo Jima, February 1945:
US Navy photo 80-G-303866
BB-35 USS Texas battleship after standardization, October 23, 1943:
US Naval Historical Center NH-61713
BB-35 USS Texas battleship leaving Hawaiin waters, January 6, 1945:
US Navy photo 80-G-277035
BB-35 USS Texas battleship:
Imperial War Museum A-8058
BB-35 USS Texas battleship:
Imperial War Museum Q-68893
BB-35 USS Texas battleship during standardization trials:
Imperial War Museum A-68466
Design
The Texas class design improved upon the Arkansas class.
The decks were flush until 1941.
Aircraft
The Texas class has a single catapult.
Seaworthiness
After refits in 1925 - 1927 the ships became slower and were harder to handle in bad weather.
Ships
BB-34 USS New York
Manufacturer: New York Navy Yard
October 30, 1912: Launched.
April 15, 1914: Commissioned.
1925 - 1927: Rebuilt. Converted to oil. Removed one funnel. Both cage masts were converted to tripods.