03-20-2008, 04:59 AM
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The Iowa Class Battleships: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri & Wisconsin by Malcolm Muir :
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page 135 : "But other assessors have maintained that new Marine Corps target acquisition radars did allow precise correction '... to within about 13 meters accuracy, well within the lethal radius of the battleship New Jersey's 16-inch guns. Unfortunately, the battleship's 16-inch gunfire proved nowhere near as accurate'. Such speculation is perhaps borne out by the care with which the Navy began rebagging charges using 16"/45 and 8"/55 powders. In any event, the New Jersey showed, if nothing else, she possessed plenty of stamina."
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