Talk:New York-class battleship

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Tried to clean up the page somehwhat. Fixed some consistency errors, such as numbering and capital letters. Hypeer 21:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup Tag
I felt that the article was good enough to remove the cleanup tag. We're allowed to make bold decisions, right? Hypeer 15:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Gun layout
While the article mentions 5 dual gun turrets, it's not quite clear how they are distributed. From the text and images I guess 2 superfiring turrets in the front, 2 (also superfiring?) in the back and one "amidship" - what exactly does that mean? Can someone with access to good sources clarify this a bit? Of course, something like Image:HMS_Dreadnought_%281911%29_profile_drawing.png would be really excellent.--Stephan Schulz (talk) 12:31, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Your are correct. The front two and rear two turrets are superfiring. The amidships turret is rear-facing and originally was aft of the rear cage mast. This turret is in-between the boiler rooms and the engine room. After the modernization in the 1930s the rear cage mast was removed and the new tripod was placed aft of the midships turret for weight concerns. I have not been able to find a free image, but I have a few that show the layout but they are copyrighted. Hope this helps, -MBK004 16:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's reasonably clear now. I'll put a sentence into the article - please check it it agrees with your source. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 19:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Found an image that reasonably shows what you're looking for: Image:USS Texas-5.jpg -MBK004 04:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Found yet another image: Image:USS Texas-6.jpg -MBK004 21:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Fifth Series?
"The New York class battleship was the fifth series of two super-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy" The New Yorks were the first to depart from the 12" guns of previous American dreadnoughts - thus, they were the first super-dreadnoughts, not the fifth series of them, although they were the fifth two-ship battleship class in a row. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.66.32 (talk) 17:38, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * "Super-dreadnought" is an overstatement. They had the gun size, but the propulsion (VTE) and armor suite pretty much disqualify them. The Nevadas, with triple turrets, turbines, all or nothing armor, and oil fuel, were the giant leap forward characteristic of super-dreadnoughts. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:19, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

A couple images
Hey all, I found two images of New York here. Best, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:20, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * More. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:03, 7 September 2014 (UTC)