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  2. USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Fred Moosally - Wikipedia

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    All 47 crewmen inside the turret were killed. The turret contained most of the force of the explosion. [18] [25] [26] Turret Two's sprinkler system was designed to be manually enabled in the event of fire. Due to the speed of the explosion and lack of time to respond, the sprinkler system was not engaged during the explosion. [27]

  4. Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Explosion in Turret

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  7. Maintaining a memorial. The Battleship prepares to ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. USS New Jersey, the most complex warfare submarine ... - AOL

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    The new USS New Jersey is prepared to continue the legacy of the ships with the same name that preceded it, being now the most complex warfare machine ever built in the U.S. said the vessel's ...

  9. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Turret loading ...

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