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USS New Jersey (SSN-796), a Block IV Virginia-class submarine, is the third United States Navy vessel named for the state of New Jersey. The first two New Jerseys were battleships BB-16 and BB-62. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name for the third New Jersey on 25 May 2015, at a ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. [5] [6] [7]
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 ...
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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 ...
Position of USS Iowa's Turret Two. On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. [1] The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret ...
USS Congress (1799) USS Connecticut (BB-18) – Main Page on 22 February 2009. USS Constitution; USS Illinois (BB-65) USS Indiana (BB-1) USS Iowa (BB-61) USS Iowa turret explosion; USS Massachusetts (BB-2) USS Missouri (BB-63) – Main Page on 2 September 2005. USS Nevada (BB-36) – Main Page on 7 December 2008.
A triple 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun turret aboard USS New Jersey. Mark 28 5-inch/38-caliber gun mount: Gun mount used against all targets [15] Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx: Gun mount used against missile attacks [15] BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles: Contained 32 missiles [15] RGM-84 Harpoon cruise missiles: Missiles used against ships [15]
USS New Jersey may refer to one of the following ships of the United States Navy named after the U.S. state of New Jersey: USS New Jersey (BB-16), a battleship commissioned in 1906, decommissioned in 1920, and sunk in 1923 in bombing tests; USS New Jersey (BB-62), a battleship commissioned in 1943, seeing service in World War II, Korean War ...