On 28 December 1982 New Jersey was formally recommissioned at Long Beach, California, her new homeport. Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 Index Page. Bunkers destroyed 596 New Jersey's modernization was unique in that she was to be the only reactivated Iowa-class battleship to lose a gun turret. 2 gun turret, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, List of broadsides of major World War II ships, "An Act providing for the issuance of Battleship U.S.S. [61][62] Ultimately, nothing came from that effort and the ship remains in Camden. [34], On 18 April 1983 a van carrying a 2,000 pound load of explosives, slammed into the U.S. embassy in West Beirut, killing 63. On April 19, 1945, USS NEW JERSEY is underway for Pearl Harbor and the United States in company with USS MINNEAPOLIS. On 17 and 18 February, the task force accounted for two Japanese light cruisers, four destroyers, three auxiliary cruisers, two submarine tenders, two submarine chasers, an armed trawler, a plane ferry, and 23 other auxiliaries, not including small craft. Governor's Award for "Mobilization of Volunteers." To date over 650 ,000 volunteer hours have been. [17], On 28 October New Jersey steamed south to engage Communist targets. [47] Although in command of her own Battleship Battlegroup New Jersey did sail with the aircraft carriers USSRanger(CV-61) and USSConstellation(CV-64) and USSThach(FFG-43) while deployed in 1986. Similarly, assets were diverted from two Farragut-class guided missile destroyers to allow for the installation of Harpoon launchers on New Jersey. The original, BB-9, was decommissioned in 1920 after more than two decades of service. She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support US troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. It is worthy to note that NEW JERSEY accomplished all this with a crew one-half the size of her World War II complement. MAIN BATTERY New Jersey license plates ", "USS New Jersey (BB 62) of the US Navy - American Battleship of the Iowa class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net", "Battleship New Jersey: Frequently Asked Questions", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Historian details the role politics played in battleship's creation", "Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr", "Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon, 18 December 1944", "Third Fleet in Typhoon Cobra, December 1944", "Narrative 1968 History of USS New Jersey (BB-62)", Fastest speed recorded for a battleship | Guinness World Records, "1969 Narrative History of USS New Jersey (BB-62)", "Update of the Issues Concerning the Proposed Reactivation of the Iowa class battleships and the Aircraft Carrier Oriskany", "Update of the Issues Concerning the Proposed Reactivation of the Iowa Class Battleships and the Aircraft Carrier Oriskany", "Launch your own missile from Battleship New Jersey: Warship Museum Prepares New 'Interactive' Combat Control Center", "The Lebanese War, Lebanese Civil War (subsection:The Israeli Defense Forces Withdrawal and the Mountain War)", "At Sea/Lebanon: USS New Jersey Shells Beirut Hills/Amal Fighters Take Over West Beirut", "U.S. warship stirs Lebanese fear of war", A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up, "National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996 (Subtitle B-Naval Vessels and Shipyards)", "Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act of 1999 (Subtitle B-Naval Vessels and Shipyards)", "SECNAV announces the Battleship New Jersey donation", "Letter to the USS New Jersey Battleship Commission", NAVSOURCE Photo Gallery: Numerous photographs of USS, Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station.