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USS
New Jersey
(BB-16)
was a
Virginia
-class
battleship
of the
United States Navy
. She was one of the many ships that sailed around the world in 1907–09 as part of the
Great White Fleet
, a voyage intended to demonstrate growing American military power and
blue-water navy
capability.
New Jersey
was used mostly as a training vessel and saw almost no combat.
Photo:
United States Navy
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