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| Keywords: New Jersey Underway.jpg Recommissioned for Vietnam the New Jersey BB-62 was little modified She is shown off Oahu Hawaii 11 September 1968 Although she appears festooned with radio antennas in fact her communication suit was extremely austure It symbolized a key problem of the reserve fleet Communication equipment changes relativley rapidly Ships otherwise quite usable may be entirely unable to communicate with more modern craft unless they are given entirely new radio systems The other major modification was for self defense an early version of SHORTSTOP a combination jammer and chaff-launcher The ULQ-6B jammer was located in the box atop her foremast its antennas projecting out on both sides When the New Jersey was refitted again in 1981-82 the box was retained as a base for a new SLQ-32 system It was not particularly conveient and the other refitted battleships have a more streamlined ECM housing The New Jersey had been laid up with her 40mm mounts in place All were removed when she was recommissioned but the foreward gun tubs on the 01 level painted white were used by the crew as swimming pools Note that the ship retained her old and quite obsolescent SPS-12 air-search radar http //www navsource org/archives/01/62b htm navsource org http //www navsource org/archives/01/016295 jpg Specifically 1968-09-11 Official US Navy Photograph from the U S Naval Photographic Center courtesy of Robert M Cieri Text courtesy of U S Battleships An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS New Jersey BB-62 | ||||
