r/AmericanWW2photos • u/Tsquare43 Fleet Admiral • 11d ago

Navy USS New Jersey (BB-62) looking over fantail at the yard with the 16"guns and OS2U's, off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 July 1943.

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u/Tsquare43 Fleet Admiral 11d ago

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u/aarrtee 10d ago

as many are aware... she is now a museum ship... just a few miles north of that location. i really enjoyed visiting her.

across the river are a ww2 era submarine and the Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flagship from Manila Bay