USS Rochester
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USS
New York was an armored cruiser laid down by William Cramp
& Sons in Philadelphia September 1890. She was
launched in December 1891, and entered service in the US
Navy two years later. She did service in Central America
and Asia, and participated in the Spanish-American war of
1898. In 1911 she was renamed to USS Saratoga and six
years later to USS Rochester. She participated in
operations outside Mexico in September 1917, and stopped a
steamer with enemy agents, and resumed escort duties for
the rest of the war. After the armistice in November 1918,
she transported soldiers home from Europe. Different
missions followed again in Central America'd, before she
was sent to Asia in 1932. The year after she was
decommissioned and laid up in Subic Bay. After the
Japanese joined second world war in early December 1941,
USS Rochester was still at anchor in the bay. She was
deliberately scutlled 24.December 1941 to prevent the ship
falling into Japanese hands. The wreck rest today on a
depth of 15 to 20 meter.
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| 14°48'18" N 120°16'46" E  Picture: USS New York Courtesy of Navsource |
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