Posted 8 years ago
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Packrat here.
I could use a little help with this one. I saw this plate in a "Junk" store several weeks ago, but didn't buy it, and it has bothered me ever since. I am sure we all have had that feeling. I went back and it was still there, so I plunked down my $.50 + tax, and took it home.
At first I thought it might be the S. S. City of New York, but it is not.
I am also having trouble identifying the porcelain mark.
Any help appreciated.
Is it the USS New Jersey (BB-16) in New York ??
Or is it the USS Connecticut (BB-18) ???
It is the armored cruiser USS New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(ACR-2)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/acr2/acr2.htm
sorry the other link doesn't work quite right.
Got it ... it's the New York ACR-2. aka Saratoga aka Rochester.
There was a later one with two funnels. This is the earlier one.
USS New York (ACR-2), an armored cruiser commissioned in 1893, in action in the Spanish–American War, renamed to Saratoga in 1911, renamed Rochester in 1917, decommissioned in 1933, and scuttled in 1941.
USS New York (BB-34), a battleship laid down in 1911, commissioned in 1914, in action in both World Wars. Decommissioned in 1946 was used in both aerial and submerged atomic bomb tests that year. Surviving both, she was towed back to Pearl Harbor as a target ship and sunk following a massive assault by ships and planes in 1948.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(ACR-2)
Great solve FORTAPACHE !!!!!!
fortapache & vetraio50, thank you very much for the ID, great investigative work and info! I find the plate very interesting, probably a souvenir from some time back, possibly a special event.
Thank you very much aura, vetraio50, SpiritBear, blunderbuss2, TassieDevil, alliececile, PhilDMorris, fortapache, TheGateKeeper, walksoftly & brunswick.....
Thank you very much fleafinder & Manikin..........