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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 ...
On 19 April 1989 the #2 Turret of the battleship USS Iowa exploded, resulting in the deaths of 47 sailors. At first, NCIS officials theorized that an improvised explosive device had been used in the turret, but this theory was later abondoned and the cause of the explosion, though never determined with certainty, is generally believed to have been static electricity igniting loose powder.
A 40 mm quadruple gun mount onboard USS New Jersey in 1944. ... On 19 April 1989, 47 sailors were killed following an explosion in her No. 2 turret. [148]
New Jersey's Sandy Hook Bay witnessed the commissioning of the most complex warfare machine ever built in the country — the USS New Jersey, now dubbed as the fastest submarine in the U.S. fleet ...
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 ...
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 ...
The USS New Jersey made waves when it was commissioned — the first submarine in the U.S. Navy's fleet designed specifically with women in mind. It is Machinist Mate Kianna Gonzalez's first ...
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