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USS New Jersey (BB-62) headed out to sea
2024-01-03
[MAIL] USS New Jersey, the Navy’s biggest, fastest and most awarded battleship, is set to embark on its first journey in over two decades.

This spring, the historical vessel will be dry-docked in the berth where it was built and launched in the 1940s.

USS New Jersey, which was converted to a museum in the the nineties, will be transported from the Camden Waterfront by tugboat to North Atlantic Ship Repair at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

There, the bottom of the impressive ship - which spans more than the length of two football fields - will undergo maintenance for the first time in 32 years.

'The ship needs to be inspected, repainted, updated, and brought back home to continue the mission,' Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Posted by:Besoeker

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Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-03 13:13  

#6  Yemen...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-01-03 13:04  

#5  Just for a moment, I imagined the NJ offshore of Yeman and the introduction to 16inch naval gunfire.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-01-03 13:03  

#4  ...and most awarded battleship,

What is this - a fucking car commercial? Do JD Power & Motor Trend now include a battleship section in their magazines?
Posted by: Raj   2024-01-03 11:39  

#3  The USS Texas is undergoing a major overhaul in Texas right now. When done, it will be moved to Galveston where it will resume being museum ship.

The Texas was launched in 1912 and commissioned in 1914. Saw limited action in WW 1 and much more in WW 2.
Posted by: EMSArtifact   2024-01-03 09:55  

#2  ^ But can they put out a fire?
Posted by: Frank G   2024-01-03 08:51  

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Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-03 07:40  

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