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The wreck of the battleship New Jersey lies upside down in 320 feet of water. Americas Battleship USS New Jersey Sailed To Vietnam And Fired 5688 16-Inch Shells.

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The second New Jersey BB-62 was launched on 7 December 1942 by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

. And commissioned at Philadelphia on 23 May 1943 with Captain Carl F. The New Jersey Sinks an Island North Vietnamese artillery fired back but fell short and the New Jersey ranged freely along the North Vietnamese coast. The New Jersey and Missouri cruise abreast two miles apart followed by 11 amphibious assault ships ranging in size from the 39000-ton Belleau Wood which carries 1700 marines and 26.

May 7 2016 - Battleship New Jersey bombarding enemy positions near Tuyho South Vietnam late Mar 1969. USS Indianapolis docked at Pearl Harbor Hawaii 1939 Public Domain A Secret Mission. On 30 July 1945 United States Ship USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine.

Who would want to fire on a ship with that type of fire power. NARRATIVE 1968 HISTORY OF USS NEW JERSEY BB-62. New Jersey duty was probably the least hazardous duty in Vietnam.

Declassified 23 April 1980. NEW JERSEY again fired from a position to the north of Tiger Island on the 2nd. USS Forrest Royal DD-872 was a United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer constructed following the end of World War IIThe ship saw service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War before being sold to Turkey in 1971.

A gun emplacement on tiger island decided to try their luck and lob a shot at us. Indianapolis rupturing fuel tanks damaging propeller shafts and killing nine crewmen. New Jersey took up station off Tiger Island 1 October and fired at targets north of the DMZ before moving south that afternoon to engage Viet Cong targets.

A gun emplacement on tiger island decided to try their luck and lob a shot at us. One of the highlights of me being on board was the West-Pac and crossing the equator. New Jersey took up station off Tiger Island 1 October and fired at targets north of the DMZ before moving south that afternoon to engage Viet Cong targets.

World War II Korea Vietnam pp 196197 and from the USS NEW JERSEY Command History dated 17 Dec 1969. Enemy killed in action probable 7. The ships were alongside for four hours transferring a.

The footage in this video constitutes an unedited historical document and has been uploaded for research p. She accounted for six bunkers a supply truck and an anti-aircraft site that day. New Jersey completed fitting out and trained her initial.

Enemy killed in action confirmed 10. 401 ft 122 m USS Forrest Royal DD-872 was. Some 25 rounds that straddled the DAVIS.

We were off the coast in December 1968 on patrol between the coast and tiger island. We were off the coast in December on patrol between the coast and tiger island. New Jersey took up station off Tiger Island 1 October and fired at targets north of the DMZ before moving south that afternoon to engage Viet Cong targets.

In the afternoon she departed station to rearm from USS HALEAKALA AE 25 taking on 644 five-inch projectiles 96 16-inch projectiles and associated powder. Charles Edison wife of Governor Edison of New Jersey former Secretary of the Navy. 42 0 dead and 42 survivors.

On March 31st 1945 the eve of the allied assault on Okinawa a bomb loosed by a Japanese fighter plane plummeted through the deck of the Fifth Fleet flagship USS. At 1142 hours on 28 May 1942 the unescorted New Jersey Master Trygue Lehland was hit by one torpedo from U-103 about 90 miles southwest of Grand Cayman Island after the U-boat had missed her with a first torpedo at 0759 hours. A group of New Jersey vandals this weekend did what the Nazis couldnt sink the USS Ling.

Served onboard the USS New Jersey from 1986 - 1989. The torpedo struck on the port side behind the bridge at the. Vietnam 1968 During the USS New Jerseys RVN exploits I sailed for two years on the USAV Page a 338-foot beach discharge lighter functionally similar to a Navy LST.

Battleship USS New Jersey BB 62 is decommissioned at Long Beach Calif. From a crew of 1196 sailors and marines 300 went down with their ship. Circleville O H 43113.

However President Johnson declared a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam as of. Secondary explosions 46. She accounted for six bunkers a supply truck and an anti-aircraft site that day.

The intruders boarded the World War II-era vessel which is berthed in a New. Footage Farm is a historical audio-visual library. Multibeam sonar data has been collected at the site and the inverted hull appears.

The above excerpts are from Operational Experience of Fast Battleships. New Jersey and its sister ship ex-USS Virginia were both sunk in 1923 during aerial bombing tests conducted by General Billy Mitchell to demonstrate the value of naval air power against capital ships. Though around 900 men survived the initial sinking many succumbed to shark.

Including the sixteen-inch guns off San Clemente Island in June 1968 then proceeded to Hawaii and then. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis CA-35 at Pearl Harbor Hawaii circa in 1937. She shelled coastal artillery on Hon Matt Island blasting part of the island into the sea prompting the newspaper headline.

Additionally she helped rescue the crew of a Marine spotting plane forced down at sea by anti-aircraft fire. Additionally she helped rescue the crew of a Marine spotting plane forced down at sea by anti-aircraft fire. The New Jersey proved to be far and away the best nine inch gun in 1969 coming to an incredibly fortified small heavily-fortified island in North Vietnam.

Great time met great shipmates of whom I still talk to and hear from today. Off the DMZ of Vietnam near Tiger Island on 26 October 1968 USS DAVIS DD937 was awaiting NGFS orders when she was put under attack by a shore battery.

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