According to a great many folks the People's Republic of New Jersey does not have a wonderful reputation for much other than as a good place to be from. Besides yours truly, (and I beat flippers out of there a long time ago) it is hard to come up with many really good things associated with New Jersey.
However, in all fairness, New Jersey does grow really good tomatoes and corn in their season (Must be from all the political manure laying around.) Since everyone knows what corn and tomatoes are there is no need to expound upon them further. The other great thing related to NJ is the Iowa class battleship the New Jersey, BB-62. It is strange that a world-class gunnery platform like the New Jersey is named after such a corrupt socialist, anti-freedom, anti-gun / anti-Second Amendment state. Oh well....
Click here to go to the Battleship New Jersey's web site (http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/.
The end of
an era.
The USS New Jersey during its 3-day transit
of the Panama Canal
going through the Miaflores locks. This is its final voyage before
being decommissioned
and becoming a museum in New Jersey.
Do you
think they'll require trigger locks on those 16 inchers?
Photo by
Tomas Van Houtryve, AP
Full 9-gun broadside.
Contrary to what it looks like all 3 barrels in a turret are not fired at the
same instant.
There is a very short delay between each barrel to prevent interference
from muzzle blast.
For some information on the performance of the 16" 50 caliber naval canon click here.
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