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One of USS New Jersey's original gun barrels from 1943 to 1954 now sits on the northwest corner of the Marine Parade Grounds alongside Broad Street and Intrepid Avenue in Philadelphia. Another original gun barrel is located in Camden, next to USS New Jersey, and a third is on display in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. A propeller is on display in ...
In the 1968 upgrade to USS New Jersey for service off Vietnam, three Mark 56 Gun Fire Control Systems were installed, two on either side just forward of the aft stack, and one between the aft mast and the aft Mk 38 Director tower. [25] This increased New Jersey's anti-aircraft capability, because the Mk 56 system could track and shoot at faster ...
The W19 nuclear system was adapted into a nuclear artillery shell for the US Navy's 16-inch (406 mm) main battery found on the Iowa-class battleships, the W23.Production of the W23 began in 1956 and they were in service until 1962, with a total of 50 units being produced.
The departure date depends on the availability of the shipyard, the same one where the USS New Jersey was built in the early 1940s. Workers recently removed the ship's mast and radar array ...
After being a landmark on Camden's Waterfront for more than 20 years, the USS New Jersey is preparing to set sail to Philadelphia for dry docking and maintenance.
A famed battleship was floating down the Delaware River on Thursday as the USS New Jersey left its dock in Camden, New Jersey, on its way to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for extensive maintenance work.
Yard workers hoist one of nine 16"/50 Mark VII gun barrels aboard the USS Iowa during her construction in 1942. The 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns of the forward turret of the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fire at enemy targets ashore on the Korean Peninsula on 30 January 1952 during the Korean War.
The new USS New Jersey is the third Navy vessel to bear the state's name. The first, BB-16, was a battleship that served in World War I before being sunk in a bombing test. The second, BB-62 ...