Installing the starboard side on the Healey. | Dan Lee Boatbuilding

2.2K views | USS New Jersey firing her main guns both to port and starboard in 1986, In a rare and thunderous display of naval firepower, USS New Jersey unleashed a broadside from both sides—her 16-inch guns shaking the sea and sky. This 1986 exercise reminded the world that even in the missile age, battleship muscle still had a place in modern warfare. Love warshisps? This is your place! Hit that follow button! #fblifestyle #sealife | Sea Life | Facebook

🟥QUICK REVIEW: Origins of "Port" & "Starboard" Imagine you're standing on a ship facing forward, towards the front or "bow." Now, if you extend your arms out to your sides, your left hand would be pointing to the port side, and your right hand would be pointing to the starboard side. So, why the different names? ✅Well, back in the day when ships were mostly powered by oars, the left side of the ship was called the "port" side because that's where the ship would dock in port. "Larboard" which is