USS NEW YORK BB-34
War in the Atlantic

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Delta - Tango
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BB-34 New York Looking aft from top of foremast. Note the Type P MK.I V that replaced the earlier MK.1A compressed air catapult atop New York's (BB-34) #3 Main Battery Turret. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 27 Jan., 1942.
BB-34 New York Looking aft from amidships at the After Lookout Station built halfway up the tripod Mainmast with 36-Inch Searchlights mounted on platforms above it. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 27 Jan., 1942.
BB-34 New York Looking aft from top of after mast. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 27 Jan., 1942.
BB-34 New York Looking Fwd. from stern, port side. Note the life rafts and the 20mm guns with greater range and force to deal with faster, more heavily armored aircraft. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 27 Jan., 1942.
BB-34 New York Looking aft at the 14-Inch,45-caliber MK.8 guns in twin MK.12 Turret #1 & -2. Note the MK.3 radar antenna on her tripod Foremast and 20mm Oerlikons at Norfolk Naval Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 27 Jan. 1942.
BB-34 New York Looking Fwd. from top of aftermast. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 27 Jan. 1942. Note the large yardarm that carried flag hoists and radio antennas, and, a year later, anemometers and IFF antennas.
BB-34 New York Looking forward from bottom of after mast, port side. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 27 Jan. 1942. Note the large yardarm that carried flag hoists and radio antennas, and, a year later, anemometers and IFF antennas.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) in Measure 13, Haze Gray. View off the port bow. Norfolk Naval Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 27 Jan. 1942.
BB-34 New York Stb. side, looking down and aft from bridge, showing 3-Inch 50Cal. and 1.1-Inch 75 Cal. A.A. guns. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 27 Jan., 1942.
BB-34 New York Turret #3 with Type P, MK IV catapult and Kingfisher AC.
BB-34 New York Starboard and overhead line drawing of the New York (BB-34) in 1942. The main change since her reconstruction was the addition of many light antiaircraft weapons.
BB-34 New York Oil on canvas painting by the artist Anthony Saunders entitled "Escort for the Troops - New York (BB-34)".
The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw materials, GI's were also transported over in all manor of hastily converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u-boats and German surface ships was of paramount importance to the allied fleets.
BB-34 New York Supplies being loaded onto a US Navy vessel.
BB-34 New York Mess cook cutting cake in bakery shop aboard a US Navy vessel.
BB-34 New York Overhead view of US sailors manning the signal bridge of a ship.
Note the sailors below sparring in an improvised ring.
BB-34 New York Searchlight shining through fog from tower of a US battleship in 1942.
BB-34 New York Off North Africa on 10 November 1942, just after the Battle of Casablanca.
BB-34 New York Officers of the New York (BB-34) during the early 1940's - TC Edrington III PhD, Capt. USN back row, second from right.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34), aft view plane crew. November 1942. New York brought her big guns to the invasion of North Africa, providing crucial gunfire support at Safi 8 November 1942. She then stood by at Casablanca and Fedhala before returning home for convoy duty escorting critically needed men and supplies to North Africa. She then took up important duty training gunners for battleships and destroyer escorts in Chesapeake Bay, rendering this vital service until 10 June 1944, when she began the first of 3 training cruises for the Naval Academy, voyaging to Trinidad on each.
BB-34 New York Looking down the 20mm line. November 1942, Safi.
BB-34 New York Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" float plane, landing alongside the 20mm guns. November 1942, Safi.
BB-34 New York Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane, being recovered. November 1942, Safi.
BB-34 New York Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane being rigged for recovery, November 1942, Safi.
BB-34 New York Pilot being debriefed. TC Edrington III can be seen just behind and slightly to the right of the pilot - TC Edrington was the gunnery officer and the accuracy of the New York's (BB-34) fire was given high praise. November 1942, Safi.
BB-34 New York Pitching into heavy seas while en route from Casablanca on convoy escort duty, March 1943. View looks forward from her foremast. Note her twin 14"/45 gun turrets and water flowing over main deck.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) at the N.Y. Navy Yard in 1943. Main battery unchanged. Note Stovepipe IFF antennas, TBS, an SG on a platform just below her Secondary Battery Director Deck and the covered MK.51's atop her boat cranes.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) at the N.Y. Navy Yard in April 1943. The Fire Control and Spotting Station atop the Secondary Battery Control Station aft and below the top of the stack with little smoke interference. It did not have a Battle Lookout Level.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) April 1943. Note the 1.1-Inch mount on the left and the 25-men life rafts stacked on deck.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) in Measure 22 on April 1943. Note the added quadruple Bofors 40mm's replacing the less efficient 1.1-Inch mounts, considerably increasing her air defence capabilities.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) at the Navy Yard, N.Y. April 1943. Note the new floater nets atop her #4 Main Battery Turret and the numerous stacked life rafts and new A.A. guns reflecting lessons learned in the Solomons.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) 3" gun mount, 9 Sept. 1943.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) rapid fire 3" gun mount, 9 Sept 1943.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) firing her main battery, circa 1943.
BB-34 New York Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane, being recovered, circa 1943.
BB-34 New York Preparing the target drone for flight, circa 1943.
BB-34 New York Launching a drone for target practice, circa 1943.
BB-34 New York Three Kingfishers aboard New York (BB-34) while anchored ar Casco Bay, Maine on 16 June 1943.
BB-34 New York New York class line drawing, 11/43.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) probably in 1944 in Measure 22.
BB-34 New York OS2U Kingfisher aboard New York (BB-34) in June 1944. Note the depth charge under the port wing.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) as she appeared in June, 1944.
BB-34 New York Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35). This plan, approved by Captain Torvald  A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, exposed decks and superstructure ends. New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944.
BB-34 New York Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B intended for the battleships New York (BB-34) and Texas (BB-35). This plan, approved by Captain Torvald  A. Solberg, USN, is dated 11 October 1944. It shows the ship's port side, exposed decks and superstructure ends. New York wore this pattern in late 1944 and early 1945. Texas was painted in it for a brief period during the final part of 1944.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) somewhere in 1944, showing details of her boat crane with atop a MK.51 director for the below quad. 40mm mount.
BB-34 New York Forward view of the New York (BB-34) off Hampton Roads, Virginia on 14 November 1944 escorted by tugs. She had just completed a refit at Norfolk Navy Yard which included new 3" gun director (Mark 50) with the conical- scanning type MK.10Mod.5, with 45in dish giving a better performance - 15,000yds on a bomber; one above the bridge and the other atop her stub mainmast, & MK[1].3 Main Battery Fire Control antenna, 20mm A.A. gun array along main deck edge is clearly seen here too. Getting her ready for Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
BB-34 New York Stern starboard view of the ship off Hampton Roads, Virginia on 14 November 1944 escorted by tugs. She had just completed a refit at Norfolk Navy Yard which included new 3" gun directors (Mark 50) one above the bridge and the other atop her stub mainmast. 20mm A.A. gun array along main deck edge is clearly seen here too. Getting her ready for Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
BB-34 New York Photographed in 1944-45, while painted in camouflage Measure 31a/8B.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) underway off shore, circa early 1945. She is wearing Camouflage Measure 31a, Design 8B. This photograph was released on 26 January 1946 with an announcement that New York was to be used as an atomic bomb target. It was, however, taken about a year earlier.
 USS NEW YORK BB-34
War in the Pacific

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Delta - Tango
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BB-34 New York The New York (BB-34) sailed 21 November for the West Coast, arriving San Pedro 6 December for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. She departed San Pedro 12 January 1945, called at Pearl Harbor, and was diverted to Eniwetok to survey screw damage.
She appears here accompanied by a Fletcher class Destroyer when she was making her way across the Pacific.
BB-34 New York Looking down from the forecastle of the New York (BB-34) as she makes her way through the Pacific to the war zone.
BB-34 New York Probably somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. Here her crew trains on the 20 mm Oerlikon guns.
BB-34 New York Probably somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. The fire from her 5"/51 is visible past the tubs of the 20 mm Oerlikon guns.
BB-34 New York Probably somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations. The fire from her main 14"/45 is visible beneath the legs of her tripod mast.
BB-34 New York Loading 5"/51 ammunition aboard the New York (BB-34) somewhere off San Pedro between 6 December & 12 January 1945, for gunnery training in preparation for amphibious operations.
BB-34 New York Bombarding Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima, 16 February 1945. She has just fired the left-hand 14"/45 gun of Number Four turret. View looks aft, on the starboard side.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) inboard profile, 1945.
Iwo Jima Photo taken from Vicksburg (CL-86) of the battleships Idaho (BB-42), Tennessee (BB-43), and New York (BB-34) (on right), during the bombardment of Iwo Jima, Feb 1945.
BB-43 Tennessee Oil on canvas painting by the artist Anthony Saunders entitled "Tennessee (BB-43) During the Landings at Iwo Jima."
In February 1945, 850 square miles of volcanic rock became the most strategically important island in the South Pacific. From Iwo Jima heavy bombers would be able to raid Japanese cities almost at will. Even with its overwhelming military might, the Americans would have to pay a heavy price for such a seemingly small island. The battleship New York (BB-34) is behind the Tennessee.
BB-34 New York Damage from a kamakaize attack on the New York (BB-34) 14 April 1945 off the coast of Okinawa.
BB-34 New York The New York (BB-34) is shown here off Okinawa, which she reached 27 March to begin 76 consecutive days of action. She fired preinvasion and diversionary bombardments, covered landings, and gave days and nights of close support to troops advancing ashore. She did not go unscathed; a kamikaze grazed her 14 April, demolishing her spotting plane on its catapult.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) left Okinawa 11 June to regun at Pearl Harbor.
BB-34 New York Loading a causality aboard a stretcher.
BB-34 New York Leaving Iwo Jima, New York (BB-34) at last repaired her propellers at Manus. She appears here at ABSD-4, some time in early March 1945 with her crew scrapping & repainting her.
BB-34 New York New York (BB-34) appears here at ABSD-4, some time in early March 1945.
BB-34 New York I believe the officer speaking at the microphone is the captain of the New York (BB-34) & his XO who looks like the actor Lee Marvin is to his right. Probably taken on the ocassion of the burial at sea for the three sailors who appear in the two photos below.
BB-34 New York Burial at sea for three sailors, possibly killed during the attack by the kamikaze that grazed her on 14 April, 1945.
BB-34 New York Burial at sea for three sailors, possibly killed during the attack by the kamikaze that grazed her on 14 April, 1945. The first causality is consigned to the sea.

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