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Battleship New Jersey

The USS New Jersey completed her Final Voyage home from Bremerton, Washington to the former Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, arriving there appropriately enough, on Veteran's Day 1999. The Navy's decision to permanently berth the Battleship in Camden was announced on January 20, 2000.

The Battleship New Jersey, our Nation's most decorated battleship, is now a floating museum on the Delaware River, along the Camden Waterfront across from Center City Philadelphia.

History comes to life as visitors experience a two-hour guided tour through the Iowa-class ship, one of the largest battleships ever built.

USS New Jersey Ship's Data

• Launched, December 7, 1942
• Commissioned, May 23, 1943
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
• Battleship (BB) Class: IOWA
• USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63),
• USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
• Displacement: 45,000 tons standard, 54,889 tons to waterline
• Length: 887-feet 7-inches
• Beam: 108-feet 1-inch
• Draft at full load: 38-feet
• Speed: 33+ knots

(Amendment: Retired Rear Admiral J. Edward Snyder, Captain of the USS NEW JERSEY from April, 1968 to August, 1969, informs us that for a time in 1968, BB-62's displacement varied between 60-65,000 tons, and her full load draft was 41 feet.)

Boilers: Eight Babcock & Wilcox express type, steam pressure 634 lbs.per sq.in.
Turbines: Four Westinghouse
Propellers:

• All four manufactured by Philadelphia Navy Yard
• Total Shaft Horsepower: 212,000
• Righthand inboard - five blades 53,000