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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 ...
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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]
The USS New Jersey was built in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched in 1942 and soon after commissioned for battle in 1943. The USS New Jersey, alongside her sister ships, saw battles from WWII ...
The Battleship New Jersey, currently located on the Camden Waterfront, will be towed a few miles down the Delaware River for major maintenance in the same South Philadelphia dry dock where it was ...
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.
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 ...