USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1968-69 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1968-69 Cruise SweatshirtUSS New Jersey (BB 62) was recommissioned on April 6, 1968, becoming the only battleship in active service in the world. Sent to Vietnam to provide naval gunfire support, she arrived off the coast in September 1968 and operated in the gunline for seven months. Her 16 inch guns, capable of hurling 2,700 pound armor piercing shells nearly 24 miles, were called upon repeatedly to neutralize enemy bunkers, supply routes, and troop concentrations that

history — met every challenge head-on

In April 1980

This sweatshirt commemorates the 1994 cruise and honors the crew who served

The 1977 crew carried forward a fighting tradition built on hard years of combat and Cold War presence

she was part of the industrial and logistical backbone of American sea power at the moment it was called to fight

As GW settled into her historic forward-deployed role at Yokosuka

and NATO preparing for possible intervention

Eisenhower (CVN-69) unfolded as the world was changing faster than anyone had anticipated

Big John's sailors stood ready during the tense weeks that followed

The sailors who made that final cruise carried the weight of that legacy and the pride of seeing it through to the end

and a nation rediscovering its military purpose

she remained exactly what her name always promised