On 7 January 1944 she passed through the Panama Canal war-bound for Funafuti, Ellice Islands. New Jersey completed fitting out and trained her initial crew in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. New Jersey encounters the French battleship Richelieu (left) when both ships anchored in Hampton Roads on 7 September 1943, following Richelieu 's defection to the Allies and refit in New York. World War II (1943–1945) Shakedown and service with the 5th Fleet, Admiral Spruance During his time in the Navy department, Edison pushed to build the Iowas, and to build one at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which secured votes for Roosevelt in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the 1940 presidential election. Roosevelt to repay a political debt, to then-New Jersey Governor Charles Edison. Unlike the other Iowa-class battleships, New Jersey was named by President Franklin D. The main deck was 53,000 square feet of teak. She was outfitted with four Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) mounts for protection against missiles and aircraft, and eight Armored Box Launchers and eight Quad Cell Launchers designed to fire Tomahawk missiles and Harpoon missiles, respectively. When reactivated in 1982, New Jersey had four twin 5"/38 caliber DP mounts removed.
When reactivated in 1968, New Jersey had her 20 mm and 40 mm AA guns removed and was tailored for use as a heavy bombardment ship. With the advent of air power and the need to gain and maintain air superiority came a need to protect the growing fleet of allied aircraft carriers, so New Jersey was fitted with an array of Oerlikon 20 mm and Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. Her secondary battery consisted of twenty 5"/38 caliber guns mounted in twin-gun dual purpose (DP) turrets, which could hit targets up to 9 miles (16.7 km) away. New Jersey 's main battery consisted of nine 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 guns in three three-gun turrets, which could fire 2,700-pound (1,225 kg) armor-piercing shells some 23 miles (42.6 km).
The ship was christened at her launching by Carolyn Edison, wife of Governor Charles Edison of New Jersey, himself a former Secretary of the Navy and commissioned at Philadelphia, Captain Carl F. The ship was the second of the Iowa class to be commissioned by the U.S. She was launched on 7 December 1942 (the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor) and commissioned on. New Jersey was one of the Iowa-class " fast battleship" designs planned in 1938 by the Preliminary Design Branch at the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Main articles: Iowa-class battleship and Armament of the Iowa-class battleship After a brief retention in the mothball fleet, she was donated to the Home Port Alliance in Camden, New Jersey, and has been as a museum ship there since 15 October 2001. New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991 (after serving a total of 21 years in the active fleet), having earned a Navy Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam and 19 battle and campaign stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and service in the Persian Gulf. In 1983, she participated in US operations during the Lebanese Civil War. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support US troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969.
During the Korean War, she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet". New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and was the only US battleship providing gunfire support during the Vietnam War.ĭuring World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall Islands. She was often referred to fondly as "Big J". USS New Jersey ( BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey. Deck for up to 4 helicopters but replaced with 1 RQ-2 Pioneer UAV.8 × Mark 36 SRBOC Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers.AN/SPQ-9 Surface Search/Gun Fire Control Radar.Most decorated battleship in the history of the US Navy Museum ship in Camden, New Jersey since 15 October 2001
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