Four USS New York's Destroyed By the United States-- Part 1

So, we had a USS New York burned in the War of 1812, and another USS New York burned in the Civil War, but I just came across two more USS New Yorks destroyed by Americans.

The USS New York (ACR-2/CA-2) was an armored cruiser in service 1893 to 1938 and was in the Spanish-American War and World War I and had her name changed to the USS Saratoga to free up the name New York for the battleship USS New York (BB-34).  Later, she became the USS Rochester to free up the name for the battlecruiser USS Saratoga which eventually became the aircraft carrier Saratoga (CV-3).

Decommissioned in 1938 and based in the Philippines, it was scuttled December 24, 1941, to prevent capture by the Japanese.

--Brock-Perry