Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial

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The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial is a historic naval museum centered on the preserved USS New Jersey (BB-62), one of the most decorated battleships in U.S. history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
maritime museum
naval museum
war memorial
acrossFrom Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
basedOn USS New Jersey
surface form: USS New Jersey (BB-62)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Camden County, New Jersey
dedicatedTo United States Navy veterans
service members who served on USS New Jersey (BB-62)
formerUseOfVessel Iowa-class battleship
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
listing on the National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Camden
surface form: Camden, New Jersey
locatedOn Delaware River
nearbyAttraction Adventure Aquarium in Camden
Camden waterfront
surface form: Camden Waterfront
occupiesVessel USS New Jersey
surface form: USS New Jersey (BB-62)
offersExperience educational programs
overnight encampments
offersFacility event and meeting spaces
openingDate October 15, 2001
operator Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial self-linksurface differs
surface form: Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.
ownedBy New Jersey, United States
surface form: State of New Jersey
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
theme U.S. naval history
battleship technology and life at sea
tourType guided tours
self-guided tours
vesselBuilder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
vesselClass Iowa-class battleship
vesselCommissioned USS New Jersey
surface form: USS New Jersey (BB-62) commissioned in 1943
vesselDecommissioned USS New Jersey (BB-62) decommissioned in 1991
vesselDecorations one of the most decorated battleships in U.S. history
vesselDisplacement approximately 45,000 long tons (standard) as built
vesselLaunched December 7, 1942
vesselLength about 887 feet (270 meters)
vesselMainBattery nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns
vesselNamedAfter New Jersey, United States
surface form: State of New Jersey
vesselNickname Big J
vesselPropulsion steam turbines with four propellers
vesselSecondaryBattery twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns (as built)
vesselService Korean War
1982 Lebanon War
surface form: Lebanon crisis of the 1980s

Vietnam War
World War II
vesselServiceBranch United States Navy
vesselSponsor Carolyn Edison
vesselTopSpeed about 33 knots

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Camden hasAttraction Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
USS New Jersey museumOperator Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
this entity surface form: Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey
Camden County hasAttraction Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial operator Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc.
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