U.S.S. New Jersey
BB-62
1945
(Neptun 1300bX)
- Class: Iowa - 4 battleships of 1939-40
- Displacement: 45,000 tons
- Dimensions: 861.25(wl) 887.25(oa) x 108.25 x 29 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 212,000 = 33 knots
- Armor: belt 19 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/50 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 80-40mm (20x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,700
- Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 16 Sep 1940
- Launched: 7 Dec 1942
- Commissioned: 23 May 1943 / 21 Nov 1950 / 6 Apr 1968 / 28 Dec 1982
- Decommissioned: 30 Jun 1948 / 21 Aug 1957 / 17 Dec 1969 / 8 Feb 1991
- Actions: Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Marianas, Palau, Leyte Gulf (flag), Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944-45. Korea 1951-53. Viet Nam 1968-69. Modernized in early 1980s with addition of 16 Harpoon (in 4 quad canisters), 32 Tomahawk cruise missiles (in 8 armored box launchers), and 4 Phalanx antimissile CIWS, while secondary battery reduced to 12-5"/38, similar to sister Wisconsin. Lebanon 1983-84. Now a memorial at Camden, New Jersey. Shown in Measure 21 Navy Blue System camouflage.
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