Summary and Key Points: The USS New Jersey (BB-62), an Iowa-class battleship, played a significant but relatively short role in the Vietnam War, serving from the fall of 1968 to the spring of 1969.

The New Jersey was commissioned, and decommissioned, on four separate occasions. As a result, the New Jersey has a patchwork service record that spans the back half of the twentieth century. Here are ...

At point blank range in the dead of night, the American battleship USS Washington unleashed her main battery on the Japanese battleship Kirishima. In a devastating seven minute barrage, over twenty 16 ...