USS New York (ACR-2)

USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated a second-class battleship. Due to the unusually protracted construction of Maine, New York was actually the first armored cruiser to enter U.S. Navy service. The fourth Navy ship to be named in honor of the state of New York, she was later renamed Saratoga and then Rochester. With six 8-inch guns, she was the most heavily armed cruiser in the US Navy when commissioned.[2][4]

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USS New York (ACR-2), off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.
Class overview
Builders	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	USS Maine (ACR-1)
Succeeded by	USS Brooklyn (ACR-3)
Built	1890–1893
In commission	1893–1938
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
United States
Name	New York (1891–1911) Saratoga (1911–1917) Rochester (1917–1938)
Namesake	State of New York City of Saratoga, New York City of Rochester, New York
Ordered	7 September 1888
Awarded	28 August 1890
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost	$2,985,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)($96,773,700 in 2022 $US)
Yard number	268
Laid down	30 September 1890
Launched	2 December 1891
Sponsored by	Miss Helen Page
Commissioned	1 August 1893
Decommissioned	29 April 1933
Renamed	16 February 1911, Saratoga 1 December 1917, Rochester
Reclassified	CA-2, 17 July 1920
Stricken	28 October 1938
Identification	Hull symbol:ACR-2 Hull symbol:CA-2
Fate	Scuttled 24 December 1941, Subic Bay, Philippines, wreck remains in place
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Armored cruiser
Displacement	8,150 long tons (8,281 t) (standard) 8,900 long tons (9,043 t) (full load)
Length	384 ft (117 m)oa 380 ft 6 in (115.98 m)pp
Beam	64 ft 10 in (19.76 m)
Draft	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (mean)
Installed power	8 × steam boilers 4 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW) (design)
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (design) 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement	53 officers, 422 enlisted, 40 Marines
Armament	6 × 8 in (203 mm)/35 caliber Mark 3 breech-loading rifles (2 × 2, 2 × 1) 12 × 4 in (102 mm)/40 caliber rapid fire (RF) guns 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) Driggs-Schroeder RF guns 4 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 3 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 4 in (102 mm) Deck: 6 in (152 mm) sloped sides, 3 in (76 mm) flat middle (amidships) 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) (forward & aft) Turrets: 5+1⁄2 in (140 mm) 5 in (127 mm) (hoists) Barbettes: 10 in (254 mm) Side barbettes: 2 in (51 mm) Secondary sponsons: 4 in (102 mm) Conning Tower: 7+1⁄2 in (191 mm)
General characteristics (1909)[1][2]
Installed power	12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Armament	4 × 8 in (203 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles (2 x 2) 10 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles 8 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
Armor	Turrets: 6+1⁄2 in (165 mm) Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm)-4 in (102 mm)
General characteristics (1919)[2][3]
Complement	73 officers, 511 enlisted, 64 Marines
Armament	4 × 8 in (203 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles (2 x 2) 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns

She was laid down on 19 September 1890 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, launched on 2 December 1891, and sponsored by Miss Helen Clifford Page,[5] the daughter of J. Seaver Page, the secretary of the Union League Club of New York.[6] New York was commissioned 1 August 1893, Captain John Philip in command.[5]