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The Battleship New Jersey, currently located on the Camden Waterfront, will be towed a few miles down the Delaware River for major maintenance in the same South Philadelphia dry dock where it was ...
In the spring of 2024 New Jersey underwent dry-docking at Drydock no. 3 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The purpose of the dry-docking, with its estimated cost of $10 million, [65] was to conduct crucial preservation work as New Jersey had not gone into dry dock since her decommissioning. [66]
As the battleship was leaving Camden, a crowd had already gathered on Gloucester City's waterfront, which offered a view of the New Jersey passing beneath the Walt Whitman Bridge from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
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.
USS New Jersey (SSN-796), a Block IV Virginia-class submarine, is the third United States Navy vessel named for the state of New Jersey. The first two New Jerseys were battleships BB-16 and BB-62. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name for the third New Jersey on 25 May 2015, at a ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. [5] [6] [7]
Vice Admiral Doug Katz (USN, Ret.), the USS New Jersey's 18th Commanding Officer who commanded the ship from August 1987 to May 1989, stands on board the Battleship New Jersey as the ship is moved ...
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 ...
The USS New Jersey is scheduled to move from its dock in Camden on Thursday, when it will head to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for extensive maintenance work. The vessel, guided by tugboats, will ...