Soon after, the New Jersey received the Pioneer Remotely Piloted Vehicle. The slipway then had to be lengthened by 325 feet and reinforced to accommodate the New Jersey which was 12% longer and 30% heavier. The New Jersey first set sail under her own power on July 8, 1943, training her crew and testing her guns and engines under Forrestals gaze. New Jersey BB-62 Veterans, Inc. Their website features an online Member Roster, To liberate Leyte, the United States sent the largest naval force ever assembled. With Admiral Kurita heading for San Bernardino Strait, Admiral Halsey at 1512 sent a radio telegram from USS New Jersey to his subordinate commanders stating that the New Jersey, three other fast battleships, five cruisers and numerous destroyers WILL BE FORMED AS TASK FORCE 34 under Admiral Lee, his battleship commander. On January 28, 1946, USS New Jersey yielded her role as flagship of the Fifth Fleet and the Japanese occupation. On August 24, 1944, USS New Jersey left Pearl Harbor carrying Admiral Halsey and his staff. The second NEW JERSEY (BB-62) was launched 7 December 1942 by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Mrs. Charles Edison, wife of Governor Edison of New Jersey, former Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at Philadelphia 23 May 1943, Captain Carl F. Holden in command. In 1999, Congress allowed the Navy to turn USS New Jersey into a museum, provided she was moored in New Jersey territorial waters. The Japanese lost warships displacing 305,710 tons (a fleet carrier, 3 light carriers, 3 battleships, 6 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers, 9 destroyers), about 300 planes, and approximately 12,500 sailors and airmen. USS Refuge (AH-11), was a hospital ship of the United States Navy during World War II. After a high-speed meeting with the worlds fastest ocean liner United States (now berthed in sight of the New Jersey), the New Jersey visited France, Portugal, and the Caribbean. The WWII-era USS New Jersey was the second Iowa-class battleship completed. Admiral Carney rushed over and grabbed his arm, saying: Stop it! After exercises in the Caribbean, USS New Jersey returned to Norfolk and helped the first supercarrier, USS Forrestal, in her initial workup. Volume XII, Leyte, June 1944-January 1945, @ 1958 Samuel Eliot Morison. From September 1955 to January 1956, she joined the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, stopping in Gibraltar, Spain, and France. In 1989, USS New Jersey became a flagship once again. After further exercises in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, on August 9 the new battleship started a one-month shakedown cruise in the Caribbean, and then returned to Philadelphia Navy Yard for improvements, including an enclosed curved bridge, the only battleship with that feature. The next day, when she bombarded targets north of the DMZ, the Navy jet spotting for her was shot down, and she helped rescue the crew. The planned 1.1-inch/75-caliber quadruple mounted Chicago Piano guns were shelved during construction. The Battle for Leyte Gulf began on October 23, 1944, when American submarines spotted the main Japanese surface fleet under Admiral Kurita approaching the Philippines from the west. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. Go Nasty boys (softball team). The New Jersey then passed through San Bernardino Strait; the same strait through which Japanese battleships fled from the New Jersey in the Battle for Leyte Gulf. USS New Jerseys presence was required off Lebanon until April 3, 1984, when she finally left for home. Following an overhaul at Long Beach, USS New Jersey returned to the Western Pacific in 1988 for naval exercises. Kuritas flagship Yamato, the heaviest battleship afloat, weighed more than Taffy 3s thirteen small ships combined. Clancy also included USS New Jersey in his second book in 1986. The destroyers, cruisers, and battleships obliterated Nishimuras two battleships, his heavy cruiser, and three of his four destroyers. When the first American ship entered Leyte Gulf, Japan triggered its new decisive battle plan called Sho Ichi Go, meaning Victory One Operation. This complicated plan sought to use Admiral Ozawas carriers, which had only a few planes and trained pilots, as bait to lure Halsey and the Third Fleet away from Leyte Gulf while Japans still powerful surface fleet launched a two-pronged pincer attack Admiral Takeo Kurita through San Bernardino Strait and Admiral Shji Nishimura through Surigao Strait into Leyte Gulf to destroy the American amphibious ships there. Lee received only Roger in reply from the New Jersey. On April 15, 1945, USS New Jersey held a memorial service for President Franklin Roosevelt, who had died three days before. USS New Jersey Veterans, Inc. Trustees Joseph Azzolina, Jr. Food Circus Supermarkets, Inc. Brian Bauerle Cooper's Ferry Partnership Captain Joseph Benton III McAllister Towing and Transportation Charles Fentress Luke Gordon Sheet Metal Workers Union Local No.19 Honorable Patricia Egan Jones Honorable George Leone, Esq. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS New Jersey (BB 62), Report an offensive or inappropriate entry, I was part of the the decmission crew. at: Volunteers swarmed over the ship in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard where she was built. Information usually available on these records includes: The rolls may also list passengers aboard naval vessels, and officers may be found among passengers on troop transports. She went to the Atlantic in 1947 and made one midshipmen's training cruise to Europe before decommissioning in June 1948. In his speech, USS New Jerseys captain told her to Rest well, yet sleep lightly, and hear the call, if again sounded, to provide Firepower for Freedom. That firepower was sorely missed in 1972 when the North Vietnamese launched their divisions and tanks across the DMZ into the South, and U.S. bombing of the North resumed. The New Jersey continued to bombard targets in southern North Vietnam both day and night, harassing enemy troops, destroying bunkers, interdicting enemy logistics, and sinking eleven coastal supply ships. For weeks, the New Jersey provided anti-aircraft protection for the carriers whose planes struck airfields in Luzon, the main island in the Philippines. After the war, she remained in the Far East into early 1946. The barbettes are 17.3 inches armor above 1.5 inches STS tapering as they descend deeper into the ship. Through Ancestry's Immigration Collection, select the database New York Passenger Lists. In September 1986, armed with nuclear cruise missiles, the New Jerseys battle group transited the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan but otherwise surrounded by Soviet territory. After training exercises in the Caribbean, the New Jersey and the midshipmen arrived in New York on August 28. After a minor overhaul, she served as flagship for the Fifth Fleet as the Second World War closed. Halsey later related: I was sorry not to have the New Jersey again, but she was in overhaul.. The Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, has custody of deck logs from 1941 to 1983, as well asmuster rolls created after 1938. Looking for US Navy memorabilia? All Rights Reserved. Spruances orders were precise, Halseys were inspirational. Furthermore, USS New Jersey engaged in more shore bombardment than the other Iowa-class ships. The Japanese main fleet had already fled, but Spruances carrier planes pounded the atoll and the remaining ships in its lagoon. This database contains an index to U.S. Marine Corps muster rolls from 1798-1958. President Ronald Reagan asserted a stronger response was necessary, including building a 600-ship Navy. Her remaining sixteen twin 20mm mounts were removed, and a Navy librarian removed any books from her library that might be deemed subversive in the McCarthy era. Thus, Spruance kept Fifth Fleet within supporting range of Saipan, and placed Lees battleline including the New Jersey fifteen miles in front of Admiral Marc Mitschers carriers to protect them. The New Jersey and the other fast battleships bombarded Saipan and Tinian on June 13, the older battleships did so June 14, and the troops landed on mountainous Saipan on June 15. Moreover, Iowa had suffered a catastrophic explosion while firing its 16-inch guns in April 1989. At 0100 on October 26, Nowaki was exploded by Task Force 34.5s cruisers and destroyers. 1,200 entries in it, many are from former crew members looking for their old buddies. This limited the United States Navy to 18 battleships totaling 525,000 tons displacement. On November 22, 1951, as delegates at Panmunjom agreed that the current battleline would be the truce line, USS New Jersey was relieved by the newly arrived Wisconsin (later relieved by Iowa). She was launched with SK and SG air and surface search radars, upgraded to SPS-6 and SG-6 respectively by 1952. At 1055, finally responding to Admiral Nimitzs message, Admiral Halsey ordered USS New Jersey to lead Task Force 34, and Admiral Bogans carrier group, to rescue Taffy 3. [TF 34] IS WITH OUR CARRIERS NOW ENGAGING ENEMY CARRIERS, but that coded message took two hours to reach Kinkaid and was not sent to Admiral Nimitz. A flight of aircraft is a momentary and vulnerable show of force; post-war ships have insufficient armor to operate close to land; but a battleship anchored off a hotspot sends a clear message. Before she was put to sleep, Part of the Last Decommissioning crew of 1991. From August 1944 through January 1945, the New Jersey was Admiral Halsey's first fleet flagship, leading the Navy's main fleet during the Battle of Formosa, the invasions of Peleliu, Leyte, Mindoro, and Luzon, and its sweep through the South China Sea. She shelled coastal artillery on Hon Matt Island, blasting part of the island into the sea, prompting the newspaper headline: The New Jersey Sinks an Island. North Vietnamese artillery fired back but fell short, and the New Jersey ranged freely along the North Vietnamese coast. As one observer stated: The battleships, cruisers, and destroyers put up a tremendous barrage which, together with burning planes all around the horizon, created the most awesome spectacle. The Japanese naval air arm lost four hundred planes and had two carriers sunk by American submarines. Halseys attacks devastated Japanese airpower on Luzon and stemmed the tide of kamikazes, which had sunk 24 ships and damaged 67 others in the Seventh Fleet carrying MacArthurs Army. USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship the ultimate battleships, and the epitome of the gun-armed ships of the line that ruled the sea for almost three centuries. Another great place is the USS New Jersey Veterans Association website, their address is below. However, the Navy and Marines quickly absorbed the lessons of Tarawa and were able to make future offensives far less costly. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. It was an honor and a privilege to serve on-board the USS New Jersey with my fellow shipmates, and to be part of the final decommissioning crew. It rapidly revamped its Kongo-class battlecruisers as 30-knot fast battleships, and reputedly began designing new battleships to have unprecedented tonnage and armament. For her two tours between May 17, 1951, and July 27, 1953, USS New Jersey was awarded the Korean Service Medal with four battle stars 1. Date of Birth: 04/12/1934. U.S. Navy Photo, National Archives number 80-G . The Fleet at Flood Tide, America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-45, by James D. Hornfischer, @ 2016 James D. Hornfischer, Published by Bantam Books New York, NY. From August 1944, she was flagship of Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet. On October 23, 1983, terrorist suicide bombers drove two explosive-filled trucks into the barracks occupied by the peacekeepers, killing 58 French paratroopers, 240 U.S. Marines, and a New Jersey sailor helping the Marines. A simple web search for your ship/unit name (e.g., USS Enterprise reunion) will bring up relevant websites. On December 24, 1944, the newly-promoted Nimitz flew in from Pearl Harbor and came aboard the New Jersey the first time the five-star flag of a Fleet Admiral was raised over a Navy warship. Spruance avoided publicity; Halsey gave printable, incredibly bellicose statements to the press which lionized him. He described her as still in the prime of life, a Gallant Lady, the New Jersey. Recommissioning the New Jersey was the centerpiece of his 600-ship Navy program that helped convince the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. Thereafter, the Communists made peace overtures but resumed ground attacks. Even before she was launched, the New Jersey began serving her country. President Roosevelt radioed Halsey hailing YOUR FLEETS MAGNIFICENT SWEEP INTO ENEMY WATERS, THE GALLANT FIGHTING OF YOUR FLIERS, AND THE ENDURANCE AND SUPERSEAMANSHIP OF YOUR FORCES.. In 2004, USS New Jersey was added to the National Register of Historic Places and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. You can locate this information through various sources: The Old Military and Civil Records Branch, National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408, holds copies of deck logs from 1801 through 1940, as well as muster rolls through 1938 in bound books. No Iowa-class battleship gave more distinguished service than USS New Jersey. USS New Jersey also saw more combat in World War II than any other Iowa-class battleship. Middletown, New Jersey 07748-0062 On June 7, 1954, off the Virginia Capes, all four Iowa-class battleships steamed together for the first and only time. As in other navies, they were the pride of the fleet. As USS New Jersey led the entire Third Fleet north that night, some of Admiral Halseys subordinates were concerned that San Bernardino Strait was totally unguarded. USS Ticonderoga (DDG/CG-47), nicknamed "Tico", was a guided-missile cruiser built for the United States Navy. USS New Jersey - BB 62 America's Most Decorated Battleship The U.S. Navy battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires a nine 40.6 cm (16 in) gun salvo during bombardment operations against enemy targets in Korea, adjacent to the 38th parallel, on 10 November 1951 Introduction Secretary Lehman used the New Jersey to test the concept of a battleship being the center of its own battle groups, accompanied by cruisers, destroyers, and frigates to help with anti-air and anti-submarine protection. Just as Admiral Sprague expected his ships to be annihilated, Kurita ordered his ships north to reorganize at 0911. The New Jersey shot down at least one of the hundreds of planes downed by American ships and planes. Many former crew members belong to the USS New Jersey Historical Museum Society. However, before this Task Force 34.5 reached San Bernardino Strait, Kurita escaped into the strait at 2140 with his remaining ships except the destroyer Nowaki, which stayed to rescue survivors. The New Jerseys radar-directed 5-inch guns downed an aircraft in a Japanese night airstrike on March 29. Her design and construction provided work to people from 34 separate states who labored at the Philadelphia Navy Yard or manufactured parts elsewhere. They sank the light carrier Princeton, the sole American fast carrier sunk after 1942. This was the largest amphibious operation in the Pacific and proved to be the final amphibious operation of the war. Some stayed for a few months, some for several years. USS New Jersey (BB-62), From World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Museum Ship, by David Doyle, @ 2019 David Doyle, Published by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Altgen, PA. USS New Jersey (BB-62), The Big J Battleship, @ 1996 Turner Publishing Company, Published by Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY. U.S. Battleships, An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman @ 1985 United States Naval Institute, Published by the Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. Star-Studded War History 06/25/2012 two2scoops@aol.com Ernest Caltenback. A carrier airstrike was launched against the Syrian anti-aircraft batteries, but two planes were shot down. However, all battleships worldwide were made obsolete by Britains commissioning in 1906 of the all-big-gun, heavily armored, turbine-driven HMS Dreadnought, which had twice their firepower and could reach 21 knots. 8th ed., Spartanburg SC: MIE Publishing, 1999. 06/20/2012 michael.missel@us.army.mil Michael Missel M Div./#2 Engine Room - 1988-1991 16234 Placid Dr. Whittier, CA 90604 She recommissioned in April 1968 and arrived off Southeast Asia in September. The Iowa-class ships were the last class of American battleships built, and the last battleships in service in the world. During this tour, the New Jersey was repeatedly visited by the President of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, and his wife. Launched on the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor, she fought in World War II, was the first battleship reactivated for the Korean War, the only battleship to serve in the Vietnam War, and the first battleship reactivated to end the Cold War. The Joint Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of rotating almost half of the New Jerseys crew while she remained on station off Lebanon, using helicopters and landing craft. Putting this great ship back to work protecting our country represents a major step toward fulfilling our pledge to rebuild Americas military capabilities. Reagan explained the importance of this magnificent ship. that was the best duty i ever had.still the greatest warship in the world. There he conferred with General MacArthurs staff and finalize plans for the next big operation: the landing at Leyte Island to begin the liberation of the Philippines, then an American Commonwealth occupied by Imperial Japan early in the war. Eagle Against the Sun, The American War with Japan, by Ronald H. Spector, @ 1985 Ronald H. Spector, Published by Random House, New York, NY. Starting around 1890, the United States built its own battleships (designated BB). He first raised his four-star flag as the youngest full admiral on USS New Jersey, making her the flagship of the highest-ranking officer at sea. And USS New Jersey was at the heart of it all, its flag plot the room where it happened.. This made her the only American battleship ever commissioned by a sitting president. Women (including officers) of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps may be found on medical ships and as passengers aboard Navy ships and at some Navy shore installations. Navy World Wide Locator Halseys message from the New Jerseys powerful radio mast copied Admiral Nimitz in Pearl Harbor, and Admiral Kinkaids radio operators intercepted it. For that reason, she did not join the recently reactivated Missouri and Wisconsin when President George H.W. Both the Harpoon and the Tomahawk launch using a rocket booster and then achieved their long ranges using a jet engine. Thus, the typhoon results in a court-martial. 35,169 views Premiered Apr 19, 2022 1.9K Dislike Share Save Battleship New Jersey 115K subscribers In this episode we're looking at some research done by one of our volunteers. New Jersey was outfitted with three Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes for this purpose at the beginning of her World War II service in 1943. However, the Nixon Administration had begun to reduce American troop levels in favor of Vietnamization, the plan to shift combat duties to the South Vietnamese. In some cases, deployment of the New Jersey will free up our overstressed aircraft carriers for other uses. With the collapse of the Soviet threat to the West (soon followed by the breakup of the Soviet Union itself), defense budgets were drastically cut. In the typhoons two-day ordeal, Spence and two other destroyers capsized and sank. Thousands of civilians visited her, and 6,000 active and reserve Navy sailors volunteered to serve in her 1,500-man crew. It truly was an awsome ship, it was an honor to be a part of the decom crew. Descend to Broadway and walk inside fire and boiler rooms of our nation's largest battleship. On March 5, 1953, the New Jersey left Norfolk for her second tour off Korea. There on April 12, 1954, she hosted the Atlantic Fleet change of command ceremony, presided over by now-Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Carney. Halsey knew Admiral Kinkaid was preparing to confront Admiral Nishimuras southern force at Surigao Strait. The result was the Iowa class, including the New Jersey. Admiral Halsey and his staff, known as his Dirty Tricks Department, conferred on the New Jersey. She also conducted fleet exercises with the Seventh Fleet. Japan committed most of its Combined Fleet, including five fleet carriers, four light carriers, five battleships, eleven heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, twenty-eight destroyers, 473 carrier planes, and about 300 land-based aircraft. After visiting Portugal, Scotland, and Norway, she led NATO exercises north of the Artic Circle. Other American planes sank two light carriers and a destroyer and crippled another light carrier and a light cruiser. Unfortunately, this took Third Fleet right in the path of Typhoon Cobra. USS New Jersey better showed what she could do on February 8, 1984, when she carried out the heaviest shore bombardment since the Korean War. Those landings had been so bloody as to cast doubt on Americas ability to sustain an offensive through Japans many Pacific island strongpoints, which it had had decades to fortify. The topic , The Battleship New Jersey will hold her annual Vietnam War Living History Day on Saturday, April 1 to commemorate the anniversary of the re-commissioning of the USS New Jersey into the Vietnam War on April , Second Annual Admiral Halsey Awards Dinner will take place Thursday, May 11, 2023. At 1236 Kurita abandoned penetration of Leyte anchorage, and headed back to San Bernardino Strait. USS New Jersey (BB-62) is the most decorated battleship in Navy history, earning distinction in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and conflicts in the Middle East. Like the spotter planes of old, these unmanned aircraft could be launched and recovered from the ship, perform surveillance, acquire targets for the ships guns, and assess damage. Visiting the @acboatshow this weekend? The Iowa-class ships great size and reserve of buoyancy allowed them to carry the heavy anti-aircraft armament needed to defend themselves and the carriers they escorted in the Air Age, and to incorporate the latest cruise missile and anti-ship missile technology to keep them relevant in the Missile Age. | Before the new battleship New Jersey could be built, the slipway in Philadelphia had to launch USS Washington (BB-56) on June 1, 1940. She made port calls in Italy and France, crossed the Panama Canal, and arrived at Long Beach on May 5. at 0048, US submarine USS SEAHORSE (SS-304, Lt. Cdr. I need to go visit the USS Iowa in the Port of Los Angeles to learn more of his tour. The New Jerseys armament evolved continuously over her career. America needs the battleship once again to provide firepower for the defense of freedom and, above all, to maintain the peace. President Reagan and 10,000 people then toured the New Jersey. The New Jerseys secondary battery from 1943 through 1982 consisted of twenty 5-inch/38-caliber Mark XII guns with rifled barrels. From the New Jersey, Spruance commanded all naval forces in Japanese waters. To build the New Jersey required expenditures of approximately $100 million dollars ($1.8 billion in 2020 dollars) and 32,800,000 manhours. A closed-circuit television system was also added for a crew raised in a television age. The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial is a living museum with veterans and other volunteers and staff educating thousands of guests every year. On July 31, she returned to Long Beach to ready for her second tour of duty to Vietnam. Putnams Sons, New York, NY. These rifled guns could fire a 2,700 lb. After sea trials off California and drills off Pearl Harbor, she headed back to the war on August 2. In 1955, after a shakedown cruise to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, USS New Jersey took the midshipmen on a summer cruise to Spain, England, and Cuba. This was the first time an American battleship had operated in the Soviet Unions backyard. As a final layer of defense against anti-ship missiles, she received four Mark 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System 20-millimeter Gatling guns located on each corner of the superstructure. The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy, @ 1984 Tom Clancy, Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. On October 29, 1944, USS New Jersey shot down a kamikaze who nonetheless managed to crash into the carrier Intrepid. Tickets are still available for the @battleshipnj 's Evening Engine Room Guided Tour, Friday, Descend to Broadway and walk inside fire and boiler rooms of our nation's largest battleship. The New Jersey and Wisconsin were selected, and the New Jersey remained in the reserve fleet until 2000. 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