Talk:USS New Mexico (BB-40)

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Date	Process	Result
July 16, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
September 26, 2015	WikiProject A-class review	Not approved

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 1, 2015.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the USS New Mexico (BB-40) accidentally rammed and sank the U.S. freighter Oregon off the Nantucket Lightship?

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in the article

New Mexico was powered by four-shaft General Electric steam turbines fitted with turbo-electric transmission and nine oil-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers rated at 27,500 shaft horsepower (20,500 kW), generating a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). The ship had a cruising range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at a speed of 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph). Her crew numbered 1,084 officers and enlisted men. As built, she was fitted with two lattice masts with spotting tops for the main gun battery.

Why is it different on the card? Inctructor (talk) 08:44, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]