The battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) carried the state's name across two oceans. Commissioned in 1918, the "Queen of the Seas" earned six battle stars in the Pacific during World War II and was present in Tokyo Bay at the Japanese surrender, a proud piece of naval history that links a landlocked state to the fighting fleet. This volume in Arcadia's "Images of America" series tells her story through archival photographs of shipboard life, combat, and the men who served aboard her.
Published in 2017 to mark the centennial of the ship's launching and commissioning, the book is the work of a distinctly New Mexican team: retired nuclear engineer John Taylor, historian Richard Melzer, electrical engineer Dick Brown, and attorney Greg Trapp, all collectors of the namesake battleship's memorabilia. The Zia sun symbol on the back cover and the dedication to the ship's crew underscore the local pride behind the project. A clean, well-kept copy documenting a corner of New Mexico history that is easy to overlook.
Documented copy (2017)
An Arcadia 'Images of America' title; these carry no number line, so a copy is dated by its 2017 copyright.
| Author | John Taylor, Richard Melzer, Dick Brown, Greg Trapp |
| Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
| Year | 2017 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4671-2772-1 |
| Edition | Documented copy (2017) |
| Condition | Softcover, clean. |
| Topic | Naval history (battleship USS New Mexico) |
Photographs © New Mexico Literacy Project, licensed CC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution. This is an identification and provenance record of a real donation; no appraisal or valuation is offered.
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