New York-class
USS Texas, sister ship of the New York
An item reported that poison gas in the recently made torpedo store on board of the American battleship New York (1) at Virginia, USA killed a lieutenant and a warrant officer when the space was ventilated. Seven sailors who tried to rescue both officers were also poisoned but stayed alive.
Note
1. Of the New York-class battleships consisting of the New York and the Texas. Preceded by the Wyoming-class and succeeded by the Nevada-class. Building approved on 1 May 1911, laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 11 September 1911, baptized by Elsie Calder, launched on 30 October 1912, commissioned on 15 May 1914, refitted at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1919, refitted at the Norfolk Navy Yard 1026-1928, modernized in 1937 and 1940-1941, refitted in 1943, decommissioned on 29 August 1946, used as a target ship during bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1945 and finally while used as target on 8 July 1948 and stricken on 13 July 1948.
