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USS NEW YORK/SARATOGA/ROCHESTER (Armored Cruiser No. 2/CA 2)


   

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: Nan - Mike - Item (1912)

   
Nan - Tare - Rush (1921)

     
Negative - Interrogatory - King - Dog (1931)
(Courtesy of John Spivey)



Drawing courtesy of Robert Jensen


CLASS - NEW YORK
Displacement 8,150 Tons, Dimensions, 384' (oa) x 64' 10" x 26' 8" (Max)
Armament 6 x 8"/35, 12 x 4"/40 8 x 6pdr, 4 x 1pdr, 3 x 14" tt.
Armor, 4" Belt, 5 1/2" Turrets, 6" Deck, 7" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 565.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 19 SEP 1890 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA
Launched 02 DEC 1891
Commissioned 1 AUG 1893
Decommissioned 31 MAR 1905
Commissioned 15 MAY 1909
Decommissioned 31 DEC 1909
Commissioned 1 APR 1910
Renamed SARATOGA 16 FEB 1911
Decommissioned 6 FEB 1916
Commissioned 23 APR 1917
Renamed ROCHESTER 1 DEC 1917
Reclassified CA 2 in 1920
Decommissioned 29 APR 1933
Stricken 28 OCT 1938
Fate: Scuttled in DEC 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese.


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Sampson Medal - Spanish Campaign Medal
Second Row - Philippine Campaign Medal - Mexican Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal w/GRAND FLEET Clasp

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Size Image Description Contributed
By And/Or Copyright
New York 51k Bows On View, Undated. USN
New York
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1.3m Starboard quarter view while underway, date and location unknown and badly in need of some paint.... Darryl Baker
New York
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120k

Armored cruiser USS New York (ACR-2), circa 1889, at an unknown location.

Library of Congress digital ID det 4a04864

Mike Green
New York 56k

USS New York (ACR-2) underway, circa the 1890s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50012.

USNHC/Scott Dyben
New York
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586k

Captain Chadwick and officers of the cruiser USS New York (ACR-2) circa 1890's.

Image #LC-D4-20755) courtesy of the Library of Congress

Bill Gonyo
New York
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676k

The cruiser USS New York (ACR-2) ship's tailor takes time out from his duties to pose for a picture with his shipmates circa 1890's.

Image #LC-DIG-det-4a14554 courtesy of the Library of Congress

Bill Gonyo
New York
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227k

Port bow view while at anchor on 18 May 1893, location unknown.

Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.5850.04333

Mike Green
New York
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177k

Port side view while at anchor on 14 July 1894, location unknown.

Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1920.04971

Mike Green
New York 93k USS New York (ACR-2) , Bows-on view. 1895 PAHRC
New York
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467k

USS New York (ACR-2) at anchor in 1895.

Photo Imperial War Museum.

Robert Hurst
New York
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220k

Photo of a group of sailors aboard New York in 1896.

Library of Congress

Dick Carter
New York
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187k New York, 7 miles off Key West, Florida. Dan Wilmes
New York
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192k USS New York pursuing the Spanish ship Pedro, April 1898 Dan Wilmes
New York 56k

USS New York (ACR-2) Stern view, at the New York Navy Yard, 1898, with ladies visiting the ship. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the International View Company, copyrighted by C.L. Wasson, 1899. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100315.

USNHC
New York
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209k

USS New York (ACR-2) off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.

From Colliers Spanish American War, published 1898

Dan Wilmes
New York
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90k

Starboard bow view most likely off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.

Caption on photo:

"Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles.

No. 997."

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b18684 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b18684
CONTROL #: 2003656191
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-71300 (b&w film copy neg.)

Tom Kermen
New York
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739k

The Marine Guard stands at attention aboard the cruiser USS New York (ACR-2) circa 1899.

Image #LC-D4-20771 courtesy of the Library of Congress

Bill Gonyo
New York
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900k

USS New York (ACR-2) , Admiral William Thomas Sampson's son and "Pitch" the ship's mascot 1899.

Image # LC-D4-20761 courtesy of the Library of Congress

Bill Gonyo
New York
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955k

USS New York (ACR-2) , a Navy gun crew, poses for an anniversary of Santiago, Cuba 1899.

Image #LC-DIG-det-4a14571 courtesy of the Library of Congress

Bill Gonyo
New York 228k

Port Bow, 1899.

Image #19-A-25-16

National Archives
New York
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204k

Close up of the narrow and exposed bridge and pilot house of the USS New York (ACR-2) on 5 July 1899.

Library of Congress, Photo #LC-D4-20733

Mike Green
New York
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895k Bar Harbor, Maine, 6-13 August 1899. Note the Flag Officers' pennant on the after mast. From the collection of Raymond Strout Jonathan Eno
New York
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1.00k Ships of the North Atlantic Squadron attended by tugs proceed up the Hudson River in route to Riverside on 29 September 1899 as part of a two day event honoring Admiral Dewey. In the foreground is the USS New York (ACR-2) followed by other ships of the squadron; among them were various private watercraft & five revenue cutters.... John Spivey
ACR-2
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ADMIRAL DEWEY HEADS A MOST MAGNIFICENT MARINE PAGEANT
More Than Three Million Spectators Witness the Passing of the Nation's Heros on the Bridge of the Olympia, Followed by a Great Fleet of Warships and a Thousand Vessels of Peace.

Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 September 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
New York
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1.2m Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard. Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. Darryl Baker
New York
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1.2m Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard. Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. Darryl Baker
New York
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2m Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard. Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. Darryl Baker
New York
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227k

New York, center of photo. Decommissioned and undergoing modernization, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA, 1906.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018914
Michael Mohl
New York
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154k

USS Saratoga (ACR-2) in 1911, while serving as flagship, Asiatic Squadron, showing her appearance after first reconstruction.

USN photo.

Robert Hurst
New York 104k

Asiatic Fleet warships off Chefoo, China, circa 1914-1916. Ships present are (from left to right):

USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17);
USS Bainbridge (DD 1); and
USS Saratoga (ACR-2).

Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 88587.

USNHC
New York
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127k

USS Saratoga leaving the far-east for the US. Photo taken from the USS Brooklyn. Note the Homeward Bound pennant flying from the after mast. Caption on back of photo reads:

"This is the Saratoga as she left here the First of January for US. You can see the long Silk Pennant. It reached clear to the water and was made of over 400 yard of Silk. The Saratoga is now at Mare Island Navy yard California for repairs. We expect to go to Olongapo on the 20th"

From the collection of Roy H Williams.

Roy Williams
New York
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87k

Bow view of the USS Rochester (Armored Cruiser No. 2), in 1917, anchored in an unknown location.

Library of Congress, LC-B2- 3001-14

Mike Green
New York 100k Starboard bow view while anchored in an unknown port prior to WWI. Peter Lienau
New York 43k USS Rochester (CA 2), Port Bow view. From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier of New Orleans, LA. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier. Elaine C. Witty-Charpentier.
New York
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268k

USS Rochester (CA 2) passing through the Gaillard Cut in Panama circa 1925. From the William C. Davidson Collection.

Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #UA 557.06.01

Mike Green
New York
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160k Imperial Japanese Navy armored cruiser HIJMS Izumo at anchor in the Huangpu River, Shanghai, 1932. The armored cruiser USS Rochester (CA 2) is anchored to the left. Photographer unknown. Robert Hurst
New York
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50k The decommissioned cruiser Rochester at Olongapo in the Philippines, 1938 or 1939. David Wright
New York
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36k The decommissioned cruiser Rochester at Olongapo in the Philippines, 1938 or 1939. David Wright

New York
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New York
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340k

 

 

 

169k

Sampson Medal awarded to USS New York crewmembers. Tommy Trampp

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Philip, John, CAPT 1861   08/01/1893 - 08/05/1894
Evans, Robley Dungliston (Fightin' Bob), CAPT 1864 RADM 08/05/1894 - 10/05/1895
Schley, Winfield Scott, CAPT 1860 RADM 10/05/1895
Chadwick, French Ensor, CAPT 1864 RADM 04/23/1897 - 11/11/1899
Snow, Albert Sidney, CAPT 1865   1899
MacKenzie, Morris Robinson Slidell, CAPT 1866   02/16/1901 - 12/09/1902
Hunker, John Jacob, CAPT 1866   12/09/1902 - 05/31/1905
Decommissioned     03/31/1905 - 05/15/1909
Wood, Spencer Shepard, CAPT 1882 RADM 05/15/1909 - 03/16/1910
Decommissioned     12/31/1909 - 04/01/1910
Jayne, Joseph Lee, CDR 1882   03/16/1910 - 11/08/1910
Bispham, Harrison Augustus, CDR 1885   11/18/1910
Wiley, Henry Aristo, CDR 1888 ADM 02/20/1912 - 08/05/1913
Dayton, John Havens, CDR 1889 RADM 08/05/1913 - 03/12/1914
Moses, Stanford Elwood, CDR 1892   03/12/1914 - 10/10/1915
Tozer, Charles Maxon, CDR 1896   10/10/1915 - 12/11/1915
Graham, John Sisson, LCDR 1899   12/11/1916 - 04/1917
McVay Jr., Charles Butler, CAPT 1890 RADM 08/1917 - 08/11/1918
Overstreet, Luther Martin, CAPT 1897   08/11/1918 - 09/01/1920
Karns, Franklin D., CAPT 1895   09/05/1920
Cage, Harry Kimball, CAPT 1900   ~1923
Ellis, Hayne, CDR 1900 RADM 03/31/1924 - 02/18/1926
Allen, Burrell Clinton, CAPT 1901   02/18/1926 - 01/27/1928
Baldridge, Harry Alexander, CAPT 1902 RADM 01/27/1928 - 06/16/1930
Treadwell Sr., Lawrence Penfield, CAPT 1904   06/16/1930 - 02/13/1932
Calhoun, William Lowndes, CAPT 1906 ADM 02/13/1932 - 04/29/1933

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS NEW YORK/SARATOGA/ROCHESTER ((ACR-2)/CA 2) History
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