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One of USS New Jersey's original gun barrels from 1943 to 1954 now sits on the northwest corner of the Marine Parade Grounds alongside Broad Street and Intrepid Avenue in Philadelphia. Another original gun barrel is located in Camden, next to USS New Jersey, and a third is on display in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. A propeller is on display in ...
Much tattooed sailor aboard the USS New Jersey [Dec 1944] [15] When the war ended, Jacobs and two of his colleagues, Horace Bristol and Victor Jorgensen , still dressed in uniforms, walked into the offices of Fortune and boldly proposed that the magazine hire them, and assign each a different part of the world as his beat.
After being on and off the Naval Registry for another seven years, the battleship was approved by the United States Congress to be swapped with USS Iowa on the Naval Registry. [3] [4] USS New Jersey was slated to go to one of three sites in New Jersey: Bayonne, Jersey City, or Camden which would be chosen by the Battleship Commission. On ...
When the USS New Jersey returned to the Delaware River in 2000, she was greeted by 25,000 people and towed by one of the very tugboats that towed her in 1942. On September 28th, 2001, after ...
The departure date depends on the availability of the shipyard, the same one where the USS New Jersey was built in the early 1940s. Workers recently removed the ship's mast and radar array ...
After being a landmark on Camden's Waterfront for more than 20 years, the USS New Jersey is preparing to set sail to Philadelphia for dry docking and maintenance.
Halsey dines with crew of USS New Jersey, November 1944. In October 1944, amphibious forces of the U.S. Seventh Fleet carried out General Douglas MacArthur's major landings on the island of Leyte in the Central Philippines. Halsey's Third Fleet was assigned to cover and support Seventh Fleet operations around Leyte.
To welcome the USS New Jersey home, museum officials have scheduled an 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. celebration along the Camden Waterfront. Tickets will cost $10 and provide free food and drinks from on ...