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- USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Wikipedia
USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa -class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U S state of New Jersey She was often referred to fondly as "Big J" New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa -class battleships, and was the only US battleship used to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War
- Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 Iowa Class Statistics Page
Nine 16-inch 50 caliber guns in 3 gun turrets (Range: 23 miles - Projectiles: Armor Piercing 2,700 lbs and High Capacity 1,900 lbs - Powder: Standard Load six 110 lb bags - Rate of Fire: 2 Rounds per gun per minute) Twenty 5-inch 38 caliber dual purpose guns in 10 twin mounts
- Meet The USS New Jersey: 57,350 Tons of Battleship Power
The New Jersey was 860-feet long, with a displacement of 57,350-tons The warship boasted four General Electric steam turbines with a top speed of 33-knots The New Jersey, like other battleships in the Iowa-class, was meant to take on the best and biggest warships in the German and Japanese navies World War Two Battle Wagon
- Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) | World War II Database - WW2DB
On 24 Oct, New Jersey and the rest of Halsey's main strength were drawn away by Jisaburo Ozawa's decoy fleet, away from Samar where a Japanese surface fleet, which included the battleship Yamato, defeated an American task force and nearly endangered a fleet of important transports
- HyperWar: USS New Jersey (BB-62)
BB-62 USS New Jersey Iowa class battleship: Displacement: 48,110 tons (standard) 57,540 tons (full load) Length: 887'3" Beam: 108'1" Draft: 37'9" Speed: 33 knots Armament: 3x3 16" 50, 10x2 5" 38, 20x4 40mm, 8x2 20mm, 41 20mm; 3 planes Complement: 2,978 Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 600 psi boilers, 4 shafts, 212,000 shaft hp
- USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Technical parameters
With a length of 887 feet and a displacement of over 45,000 tons, the New Jersey was a formidable presence on the seas, capable of projecting American strength across vast distances
- USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) Deployments History - HullNumber. com
Into 1945, USS New Jersey participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and the Ryukyus After a minor overhaul, she served as flagship for the Fifth Fleet as the Second World War closed After the war, she remained in the Far East into early 1946 The Navy decommissioned her in June 1948
- USS New Jersey | Discover Navy History Today — Fleet of Freedom
The USS New Jersey under Captain Edmund T Wooldridge used her 16-inch guns to fire 250 shells against Roi-Namur defenses on January 31 that led to the successful Marine landings
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