The "Iowa" class battleship, USS New Jersey; 16" guns. The battleship was requested by the military to reduce jet aircraft losses over North & South Vietnam. Each rifle (16" barrel) delivered the equivalent of ONE 2,000 pound bomb. One salvo (9 rifles firing one broadside, from three separate turrets) was equal to 9 one ton bombs dropped by jet aircraft. By using the battleship, 9 bombs (16" shells) could be delivered to target; no jet would be lost; and no pilot would be killed or captured (POW-Prisoner of War).
About 2.1 million American served in Vietnam.
About 25,000 US servicemen 20 and younger were killed in Vietnam.
Over 3,403,100 US Servicemen served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; of those men, 2,594,000 served in country (South Vietnam).
Approximately 391,000 US Marines served in the Vietnam War; approximately 14,838 US Marines died in Vietnam.
US Airmen and Sailors conducted war against NORTH Vietnam with their airplanes and battleships (one battleship actually, the USS New Jersey), cruisers, and destroyers firing from the gunline. US Soldiers and Marines fought on the ground in SOUTH Vietnam.
He is a Vietnam Era Veteran.
The battleship USS New Jersey, America's most decorated US warship & history's last all gun battleship to have fought a war.
USS Texas is the only dreadnaught remaining afloat. It is a WW1 ship. Her last war was WW2. Her sister was the battleship USS New York, which was sunk in the Pacific Ocean as a target, after WW2. The only US battleship to fight in Vietnam was the Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey.
About 2.1 million American served in Vietnam.
2.1 million served in Vietnam.
Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
Approximately 2,594,000 US servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served "in country" during the Vietnam War.
About 25,000 US servicemen 20 and younger were killed in Vietnam.
Over 3,403,100 US Servicemen served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; of those men, 2,594,000 served in country (South Vietnam).
The USS New Jersey, an Iowa class battleship, is the last warship to have fought as a traditional all gun battleship & the only battleship to have fought in the Vietnam War.
Approximately 391,000 US Marines served in the Vietnam War; approximately 14,838 US Marines died in Vietnam.