I worked on the New Jersey when it was brought to Camden to be turned into a museum and while the superstructure was relatively thin armored in spots there is little that was punching through to the armored sections. The Bridge alone had 17" of armor and could be sealed up with just telescopes to be used to see. The AK-130 gun system would bounce off the armored sections barely putting a dent. When you hit the armored sections there thick! The Kirov's were missile boats and even those would have to work at it to penetrate the ships armored core. Finally it mentions the Jersey heading for Yokota. A Air Base in Japan I was stationed at in the 90's. Not Yokosuka. And we don't know what happened to the Jersey after the Battle as its not listed anywhere at the end with other surviving ships or as sunk.
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