57,500 Tons, 9 16-Inch Guns, 19 Battle Stars, 4 Commissions, 4 Wars: Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Is the Navy’s Most Decorated Battleship.

57,500 Tons, 9 16-Inch Guns, 19 Battle Stars, 4 Commissions, 4 Wars: Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Is the Navy’s Most Decorated Battleship.

At Truk in 1944 she became the only Iowa to fire her main guns at enemy warships. Off Vietnam she fired 5,688 16-inch shells in one tour, more than WWII and Korea combined. Her last 13 rounds fell on Lebanon on Feb. 26, 1984; she is now a museum in Camden.