Battleship NEW JERSEY (BB62)
Ordered:1 July 1939
Builder:Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down:16 September 1940
Launched:7 December 1942
Sponsored by:Carolyn Edison
Commissioned:23 May 1943
Decommissioned:30 June 1948
Recommissioned:21 November 1950
Decommissioned:21 August 1957
Recommissioned:6 April 1968
Decommissioned:17 December 1969
Recommissioned:28 December 1982
Decommissioned:8 February 1991
Status:Museum ship in Camden, New Jersey
Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial – U.S. Navy Ship
Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial
The Battleship New Jersey, the World's Greatest Battleship is open for tours, overnights & events! A museum & memorial on the Camden, New Jersey Waterfront.