2024-07-312024-07-312009-07-15https://hdl.handle.net/10929/138578Each gun rested within an armored turret, but only the top of the turret protruded above the main deck. The turret extended either four decks down. The lower spaces contained the equipment required to rotate the turret and to elevate the guns attached to each turret. The turrets were "three-gun," not "triple," because each barrel could be elevated and fired independently.The ship could fire any combination of its guns, including a broadside of all nine.Original file name 22 Battleship New Jersey 16 Inch Guns (1).jpeg4167 x 2188Each 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.USS New Jersey Main BatteryBreechloading 16 inch Naval GunsBattleship New Jersey's Big Guns16 Guns on The Battleship New JerseyUSS 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