ОписаниеNew Mexico class BB with carrier air group 1940.jpg
A U.S. Navy New Mexico-class battleship leading other battleships (a Colorado-class ship followed by a Tennessee-class ship) of the Pacific Fleet between 9 and 13 September 1940 during a simulated fleet engagement. Above flies a carrier air group, led by the Air Group Commander in a Curtiss SBC Helldiver.
The aircraft are:
A torpedo squadron of eighteen Douglas TBD-1 Devastators;
A bombing squadron of eighteen Northrop BT-1s;
A scouting squadron eighteen Curtiss SBCs;
A fighting squadron of eighteen Grumman F2F-1s or F3F-3s from either the USS Yorktown (CV-5) or F3F-2s from the USS Enterprise (CV-6), plus possibly nine additional aircraft.
== Summary == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy ''New Mexico''-class battleship leading other battleships (a ''Colorado''-class ship followed by a ''Tennessee-class'' ship) of the Pacific Fleet between 9 and 13 September 1940 during a simulated flee
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