2024-07-312024-07-312009-07-15https://hdl.handle.net/10929/138619Developed as the final line of defense against anti-ship missiles, the Phalanx Close in Weapon System is the anti-aircraft/anti-missile gun currently in use in the US Navy. Due to their distinctive shape, they have been nicknamed "R2D2s", in reference to the droid R2-D2 from the Star Wars universe. Designed in the early 1970s by General Dynamics, and currently produced by Raytheon, the Phalanx CIWS mount utilizes a 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun to destroy enemy missiles and aircraft that manage to escape anti-missile and anti-aircraft missiles fired from friendly shipsOriginal file name 91 A Phalanx on the New Jersey.jpeg2912 x 4368Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Phalanx CIWS SystemUSS New JerseyBattleship New JerseyBB62Iowa Class battleshipThe Black DragonThe Big JUnited States NavyUS NavyAmerican Battleship. National Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesWorld War II on the National Register of Historic PlacesBattleship Museums in the United StatesDelaware RiverCamdenWiggins ParkCamden CountyThe Delaware River RegionNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State