the USS New Jersey battle ship.

I have that same photo. As I recall that was a 15 gun broadside blast of both 16" and 5" guns. Strictly business going on there. A great part of history.
There are online "experts" who've said of that photo that the motion of the water does not indicate the ship is being moved over by the blasts of the guns. That it's simply the percussion of the guns on the water. I think the picture speaks for itself. I think the "experts" are full of ****. That ship is moving.