NipkowDisc Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 on this D-Day 2021 I give you the... BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY! a kickass vessel named after a kickass state. native new jerseyans: Admiral William F. 'bull' Halsey Alexander Courage, composer of the STAR TREK theme Jack Nicholson https://www.jerseysbest.com/just-in-jersey/climb-aboard-americas-most-decorated-battleship-for-an-unprecedented-peek-into-the-past/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 As a native New Yorker, my image of New Jersey has always been evoked by these lines from Dinner at Eight, spoken by Wallace Beery to Jean Harlow: "Listen, you little piece of scum. you ... I've got a good notion to drop you right back where I picked you up: In the checkroom of the Hottentot Club... -- or whatever the dirty joint was. And then you can go back to that sweet-smelling family of yours... back of the railroad tracks in Passaic." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 The battleship glory days has passed and the few left are museum pieces. WWII saw the aircraft carrier as the superior ship the US painfully learned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/the-ship/full-history/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Battleship New Jersey a.k.a. Exit 37. Charles Addams from good old "colonial" Westfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 3 hours ago, hamradio said: The battleship glory days has passed and the few left are museum pieces. WWII saw the aircraft carrier as the superior ship the US painfully learned. Funny you mentioning this, ham. You see, while the wife and I were in San Diego (where she grew up) a couple weeks ago to celebrate our 30th anniversary, we did the USS Midway museum tour. (...for 10 years after it was launched in 1945, it was the largest ship in the world) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I would think more respect would be reserved for THIS baby! Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 The New Jersey had nothing to do with D-Day. She was in the Pacific fighting the Japanese. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 BB-62 still floats a steel powerhouse of yesteryear. she was flagship to both Admirals Halsey and Spruance. respect her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Well, HERE'S the American dreadnought I respect the most! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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