• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Against a naval target.

    New jersey functioned as a marine artillery position and would routinely shell targets around 20 miles. They don’t need to be accurate but they are still technically on target hits.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      I’ve read stories from marines in Vietnam calling in artillery strikes which were sometimes delivered by New Jersey. “We don’t target coordinates; we target grid squares.”