BB-40 New Mexico Class
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| Hull No. | Ship Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launch | Comm | Status | |
| BB 40 | NEW MEXICO | New York NSY, Brooklyn, NY |
10/14/1915 | 4/13/1917 | 5/20/1918 | Sold for scrap, October 1947. Earned six battle stars during World War Two. | |
| BB 41 | MISSISSIPPI | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA |
4/5/1915 | 1/25/1917 | 12/18/1917 | Served as guided missile test ship firing first Terrier missile Jan 1953 off of Cape Cod. Sold for scrap, Nov 1956; towed away 7 Dec 1956, scrapped at Baltimore. | |
| BB 42 | IDAHO | New York Ship Building, Camden NJ |
1/20/1915 | 6/30/1917 | 3/24/1919 | Sold for scrap, Nov 1947. Scrapped at Newark starting Dec 1947. | |
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