
USS New Jersey to leave port for first time in 24 years, big guns will fire salute: 'I love this ship'
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The USS New Jersey is scheduled to leave port for the first time in 24 years, to undergo maintenance in Philadelphia. Now a floating museum, the battleship will fire its heavy guns on the journey.
Kersch was a machinist on the USS New Jersey from 1967 to 1969, as the battleship supported land operations during the Vietnam War. "It’s a historic homecoming." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Now, on Thursday, he will ride aboard Big J again. She is scheduled to leave her mooring in Camden, New Jersey at 12:10 p.m. for the first time since arriving in 2000.
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