USS New Mexico put in 30 years of service (Alamogordo Daily News)
In 1912, Alamogordo became incorporated and New Mexico achieved statehood. Three years later, and one year before Pancho Villa’s forces raided Columbus, the keel of the battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), was laid down in the New York Navy Yard.
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