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Voyage of the Battleship New Jersey
Here are two websites, that will take you on a journey of the most decorated Battleship in Navy History....
http://www.battleship-newjersey.org/ http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/index.cfm USS New Jersey Fact Sheet USS New Jersey Ship?s Data Launched, December 7, 1942 Commissioned, May 23, 1943 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Battleship (BB) Class: IOWA USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Displacement: 45,000 tons standard, 54,889 tons to waterline Length: 887-feet 7-inches Beam: 108-feet 1-inch Draft at full load: 38-feet Speed: 33+ knots (Amendment: Retired Rear Admiral J. Edward Snyder, Captain of the USS NEW JERSEY from April, 1968 to August, 1969, informs us that for a time in 1968, BB-62's displacement varied between 60-65,000 tons, and her full load draft was 41 feet.) Boilers: Eight Babcock & Wilcox express type, steam pressure 634 lbs.per sq.in. Turbines: Four Westinghouse Propellers: all four manufactured by Philadelphia Navy Yard Total Shaft Horsepower: 212,000 Righthand inboard: five blades - 53,000 shaft horsepower Righthand outboard: four blades - 53,000 shaft horsepower Lefthand inboard: five blades - 53,000 horsepower Lefthand outboard - four blades 53,000 horsepower Armament: - Nine 16-inch/50caliber guns in three triple turrets - Twenty 5-inch/38 caliber dual purpose guns in ten twin mounts Armament (cont'd): - Sixty-four 40-mm. anti-aircraft guns in 16 quadruple mounts, later increased to eighty guns in 20 mounts until all were removed in 1967-68 modernization - Forty-nine 20-mm. anti-aircraft guns, increased during WWII to fifty-seven, all but a few removed during 1947-48 inactivation, and all removed in 1952 Anchors: Each anchor is the stockless bower type weighing 30,000 pounds; each chain is 187 fathoms (1,122 feet) long, including the outboard swivel shot Aircraft: 1943-45: Three Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes 1945-47: Two Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk floatplanes 1951-53: One Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter 1983+ : One Kaman SH-2 Seasprite helicopter Modernization During 1981-82 Eight armored box launchers for 32 Tomahawk cruise missles Four quadruple canister launchers for 16 Harpoon anti-ship missles Four Vulcan/Phalanx weapon systems for aircraft/missle defense Advanced commnications systems, air-search radar Aviation facilities: enlarged helicopter landing area on fantail, control booth. Removal of stern crane to avoid interference with helicopters Conversion of engineering plant to burn Navy distillate fuel in place of black oil Satellite navigation and communication antennas Fuel Capacity: 2,500,000 gallons Ship?s Company WWII: 120 Officers, 3,000 Enlisted Ship?s Company Vietnam: 80 Officers, 1,556 Enlisted Sempers, Roger The Battlship New Jersey (BB-62) cruises under the Delaware Memorial Bridge enroute to the Atlantic Ocean for sea trials following her overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Yard prior to re-activation and deployment to Vietnam, May 25 1968.
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