![]() One ship, the New Mexico, was fitted with turbo-electric propulsion. Hull design was also upgraded with a 'clipper' bow for better seakeeping and a sleeker look. The twelve-gun main battery of the preceding Pennsylvania class was retained, but with longer 14-inch (356 mm) 50 caliber guns in improved triple turrets. The New Mexico-class battleships of the United States Navy, all three of whose construction began in 1915, were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class. Performance 21 knots at 27,000 shaft horsepowerīarbettes and Turrets: 330mm barbette, 457mm face, 229mm side, 229mm rear, 127mm roof Specifications 32,000 tons displacement, standard Construction New York Naval Yard New York, United States ![]()
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