Ken Kersch speaks about the USS New Jersey as if it were a warm old friend instead of cold steel military hardware. "I love this ship," said Kersch, who spent four years in the U.S. Navy (1966-70).

A Saturday ceremony in Sandy Hook Bay welcomed the new USS New Jersey into the U.S. fleet. The ship, which is the first submarine designed to fully integrate male and female sailors, was ...

A huge crowd gathered earlier this month in Monmouth County to commission the USS New Jersey (SSN 796). The U.S. Navy at Naval Weapons Station Earle held the Sept. 14 traditional ceremony in the ...

New Jersey's Sandy Hook Bay witnessed the commissioning of the most complex warfare machine ever built in the country — the USS New Jersey, now dubbed as the fastest submarine in the U.S. fleet ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned a new submarine on Saturday, the first vessel in its fleet designed to fully integrate male and female sailors. The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack Virginia-class ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS New Jersey, one of the most decorated battleships in U.S. Navy history, recently underwent a critical restoration at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. -Commissioned ...

The USS New Jersey, the first fast-attack Virginia-class submarine in the Navy to fully integrate mixed gender crews, was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on Saturday at Naval Weapons ...

Saturday is her big day. She will be commissioned as the USS New Jersey, a 377-foot long Virginia class nuclear-powered cruise missile fast-attack submarine. She will get a sacred ceremony from ...

The USS New Jersey made waves when it was commissioned — the first submarine in the U.S. Navy's fleet designed specifically with women in mind. It is Machinist Mate Kianna Gonzalez's first ...