The USS New Jersey BB - 62

"USS New Jersey (BB-62), ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and is the only US battleship to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War.

During World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall islands. During the Korean War, she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet". She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support U.S. troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in U.S. operations during the Lebanese Civil War.

New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991, having earned a Navy Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam and 19 battle and campaign stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and service in the Persian Gulf. After a brief retention in the mothball fleet, she was donated to the Home Port Alliance in Camden, New Jersey, and began her career as a museum ship 15 October 2001."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_%28BB-62%29

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[flasher395]

@MessatsuHadoken To answer it your way:

Psychally retarded persons > You ... Moron.

Now to answer it in an intelligent way:

Germany had better warmachinery than the allies in many aspects during WW2 (just compare tanks, airplane technology, rifles, guns etc.) They still got owned, the reason largely was the enemy's numbers. So you shoudl really stfu if the only things you want to say are unbased pseuda facts and insults.

[MessatsuHadoken]

@flasher395 Technology > Numbers. Moron.

[carsmasher]

With the increasing cost of aircraft along with aircraft armament, don't be susprised if the big gun battleship comcept don't return one day. With moden technology the big guns range and accuracry can be gratly improved and shells are far cheaper than missiles.

[13jam100]

was this ship used in desert storm in 1990 ?

[AVIATIO]

There truly lies no more need in building such ships, now with the coming of the aircraft carrier and what not. Nevertheless, we can all still enjoy their badassness.

[tf424]

They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

[madness979797]

@benkowych none are in service, US was the last country to operate battleships

[benkowych]

Are ships like this one still in active service ??

[battleship62]

look at all the communist commies out of the woodwork. go get a medical merijuana card , u r sick

[flasher395]

@battleship62 Okay, did you ever have the idea that you are racist and way to patriotic? Think about if for a asecond even though i dont think that you really get a result. The chinese may have copyed many things, but they are like 1,2billion, how do you think america could stand against them in a battle? They would be annihilated, maybe not because of technology, but because of shere numbers. And your narrow view of the chinese is totally wrong too, they have invented many things.