Identify The Photo 80

[RBWhite]

Do you know the name of this War Ship, it's the USS, ahhhhh, I'm not sure?

[rhondabrwn]

USS New York (CA-2)

Off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.

Here is shot of her "underway"

[RBWhite]

Correct I think[&:]

But I think I wanted wanted to say the Saratoga or maybe the Rochester. If it wasn't scuttled in 1941 to avoid capture by the Japanese it could have been renamed again as any other large city in New York State[:D]

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: RBWhite

Correct I think[&:]

But I think I wanted wanted to say the Saratoga or maybe the Rochester. If it wasn't scuttled in 1941 to avoid capture by the Japanese it could have been renamed again as any other large city in New York State[:D]

Nope... found the exact picture at:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/ca2.htm

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

ORIGINAL: RBWhite

Correct I think[&:]

But I think I wanted wanted to say the Saratoga or maybe the Rochester. If it wasn't scuttled in 1941 to avoid capture by the Japanese it could have been renamed again as any other large city in New York State[:D]

Nope... found the exact picture at:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/ca2.htm

Oops... yep, I see where it was renamed Rochester in 1917 after being renamed Saratoga in 1911, but she was definitely launched as the New York.

She had the fate of my WPO command, the Armored Cruiser Colorado that got renamed Pueblo when someone decided to start reserving state names for battleships [:D]