What You Need to Know: USS New Jersey (BB-62), nicknamed “Big J,” was the only U.S. battleship to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War, setting it apart from its Iowa-class peers.

Summary and Key Points: The USS New Jersey (BB-62), an Iowa-class battleship ... the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, received hull repairs and new decking at a Philadelphia shipyard.

Finally, a month later, after further dredging, the ship budged, and tugboats towed it downriver to Bayonne, New Jersey ... on the ship’s cruises during the Vietnam War. In all, the carrier ...

Pete Celentano was in a foxhole with three other U.S. Army soldiers in northern Vietnam in 1967 when an ... Vaccaro with their long-awaited medals during separate ceremonies — one in Middletown ...

Saturday marks 50 years since the last United States troops left Vietnam, officially ending the ... ceremony planned Friday afternoon on the USS Orleck to honor those veterans.