The USS New Jersey, an Iowa class battleship, is the last warship to have fought as a traditional all gun battleship & the only battleship to have fought in the Vietnam War.
The address of the Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum is: 1098 Sunny View Rd, Mountainside, NJ 07092-2123
The address of the Uss New Jersey Battleship Foundation Inc is: 1715 Highway 35 Ste 201, Middletown, NJ 07748-1870
The USS New Jersey is the only Vietnam Veteran battleship. She fired nearly 6,000 sixteen inch shells in the Vietnam War and she is naval histories last battleship to have fought a war as a traditionally all gun battleship.
Was. USS Enterprise (CV-6) was re-cycled (scrapped) in 1959. The current most decorated USN warship is the Iowa Class battleship USS New Jersey. The New Jersey has the distinction of being the world's last battleship to conduct combat operations as a traditional battleship; all guns, no missiles. New Jersey fired nearly 6,000 16" shells during her tour on the gunline in Vietnam.
The address of the Home Port Alliance For The Battleship N is: 62 Battleship Pl, Camden, NJ 08103-3302
The WORLD's only traditional all gunned battleship was the USS New Jersey, an Iowa class warship; in 1968 when she deployed to the gunline in Vietnam. New Jersey fired nearly 6,000 sixteen inch shells and 15,000 five inch shells at communist targets during her tour on the line. In 1982, President Reagan activated all four Iowa class (to include the New Jersey) battlewagons and had them armed with CRUISE MISSILES, to supplement their guns. Consequently, the US battleship USS New Jersey was the world's last battleship to fight a war as a pure gunned battleship (Vietnam 1968-1969).
The USS New Jersey
The web address of the Home Port Alliance For The Battleship N is: www.battleshipnewjersey.org
The fastest recorded speed for a battleship was 35.2 knots (65.2 km/h). It was produced by the US battleship. USS New Jersey.
The Iowa Class battleship USS New Jersey (16" guns). New Jersey has the distinction of being history's last all gunned battleship to see combat (Vietnam). The most powerful in history was the IJN Yamato (18" guns) & her sister the IJN Musashi (WWII): both rest on the bottom of the sea.
USS Texas is the only dreadnaught remaining afloat. It is a WW1 ship. Her last war was WW2. Her sister was the battleship USS New York, which was sunk in the Pacific Ocean as a target, after WW2. The only US battleship to fight in Vietnam was the Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey.
The battleship USS New Jersey, America's most decorated US warship & history's last all gun battleship to have fought a war.