“It was an honor to get to walk on her decks and see the 16-inch guns. A person is quite proud to be an American when you see a ship like her,” he said. Why didn’t the USS New Jersey have a ...

The Iowa-class briefly found new life during the 1980s and 1990s ... She only reached the Pacific theater in late 1944. USS Missouri, the most iconic in the class owing to images from the ...

New Jersey's Sandy Hook Bay witnessed the commissioning of the most complex warfare machine ever built in the country — the ...

New Jersey probably could be made into a floating gun barge that was once again ready to blast targets with its nine 16-inch Mark 7 guns. USS Missouri launches a Tomahawk cruise missile ...

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the USS New Jersey is the first in its class specifically designed for a fully ...

WASHINGTON — The first submarine fully integrated for mixed-gender crews will join the Navy fleet next week during a commissioning ceremony in its namesake state of New Jersey. The future USS ...

Each 16-inch gun could fire a round that weighed ... First launched in December 1942, USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship, earned more battle stars than any other US battleship in history.

The U.S. Navy commissioned a new submarine on Saturday, the first vessel in its fleet designed to fully integrate male and female sailors. The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack Virginia-class ...

Steve Halle, the commanding officer of the USS New Jersey. "Our superior professionalism is enhanced by our crew integration and our diversity," Halle continued as he spoke about his crew being ...

The USS New Jersey (BB-62 ... In less than a year, the New Jersey fired an astounding 12 million pounds of munitions, including nearly 6,000 16-inch shells, effectively destroying enemy ...

The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack Virginia-class submarine, was commissioned during a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. "You operate the most complex platform on ...

Summary: The USS New Jersey (BB-62), nicknamed "Big J," is an Iowa-class battleship with a distinguished service record. Unique among her class, she provided gunfire support during the Vietnam War.