![]() John Uhrin, USS Cone (DD-866), recalls when sleep deprivation resulted in an unexpected target destroyed. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum has been running a great series of first-hand interviews with the men who worked the gun line. Gratefully, we still have ironmen with us today who worked the shells and corrected the fire, and they are sharing their experiences. This sparked Major General Jim Jones in the 1980s, who as a young Marine officer in Vietnam called in direct NGF support from New Jersey to save his unit, to recall about the 24-mile arc of the Black Dragon’s 16-inch gun range offshore, “Within that arc, the WAR evaporates the enemy quickly learns that there are better places to be and things to do than to serve as a target for these fires that actually alter the terrain.” New Jersey was again decommissioned in December 1969. Soon thereafter, the Navy decided to reduce heavy bombardment forces in Southeast Asia. Between late September 1968 and early April 1969, she participated in Operation Sea Dragon, providing offshore gunfire support against inland and coastal targets. At recommissioning, she was the only active battleship in the U.S. ![]() In 1968 she was reactivated and outfitted to serve as a heavy bombardment ship in Vietnam. “USS New Jersey in Vietnam” Painting, Tempera on Paper by John Charles Roach 1969 NHHC Accession #: 88-197-CE Launched in 1942, New Jersey (BB-62) saw service in WWII and Korea before being decommissioned in 1957.
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