After being mothballed in 1969, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) was recommissioned in 1982. This TV news segment shows the 16" guns being fired for the first time in 13 years. Watch for Navy Secretary John Lehman's reaction to the blast. #FirepowerFriday | U.S. Naval Institute

4.3K views · 806 reactions | The history about the USS New Jersey...

It's National New Jersey Day. The state's namesake USS New Jersey (BB-62) is the most decorated battleship is U.S. Navy history. This is the "Black Dragon" firing broadsides off the coast of Korea in 1952. After being decommissioned in 1991, the ship became a museum in Camden. #NationalNewJerseyDay | U.S. Naval Institute

During the Vietnam War, the USS New Jersey filled two gun tubs with water for use as pools for the crew. In honor of the anniversary of being the only battleship with pools, the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial added a pool to the port side 02 deck. Camden Fire Department helped the Battleship out by filling the pool. The pool will be on display through the summer. Swimming is optional! | Battleship New Jersey

77K views · 1.5K reactions | USS New Jersey BB-62 on March 27Th 2024 Returns to the same dry dock she was launched from at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 7, 1942. #military #usnavy | MilitaryPhotoDepot | Facebook

38K views · 261 reactions | Climb aboard and explore the 887-foot USS New Jersey (BB-62), the most decorated battleship in U.S. history.  @andremalok #nj #newjersey #camdennj #ussnewjersey #usnavy #navy #usmilitary #battleship #camden | NJ.com | Facebook

#OTD in 1968, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) was recommissioned after spending ten and half years in the "mothball fleet" in Bayonne. Six month later, the New Jersey began to conduct shore bombardment in Vietnam. | U.S. Naval Institute