New Mexico

New Mexico-class battleships were built for the United States Navy during the years of 1915 to 1919, and were improvements on the design introduced three years earlier with the Nevada class. Of this design, 3 were planned and completed.

New Mexico-class battleships  served between the years of 1917 to 1956.

Preceded by: Pennsylvania-class battleship

Succeeded by: Tennessee-class battleship

New Mexico-class battleships,USS New Mexico, Mississippi and Idaho, provided naval gunfire support for many of the amphibious invasions in the Pacific conflict. USS Mississippi took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the last time in history that battleships fought each other. USS Mississippi fired the last salvos Battleships ever fired at each other.