What You Need to Know: The USS New Jersey (BB-62), known as “Big J,” is arguably the greatest battleship ever, renowned for her impressive combat record and longevity. Commissioned in 1943, New Jersey ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The following evening, the Japanese tried again. The Americans, virtually tapped out after months of grueling combat, went to their aces in the hole; USS Washington ...
In November 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s heavy cruiser Atago charged into one of the Pacific’s most chaotic night ...