Propulsion was where the Iowa-class ships were most improved; their power plant was designed to be 60% more powerful to propel the larger vessels 6 knots faster than the South Dakota class, making the Iowa class the first battleships fast enough to keep up with the fast carriers. For all the complaining we did, it was one of the best commands I ever served with. 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. 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 as muster rolls created. The Communist forces had just driven the outnumbered U.N. forces back across the 38th Parallel to the gates of Seoul in the biggest battle of the war. She rejoined the fast carriers on October 27, 1944. Expert researcher and WWII historian Bill Beigel will conduct a thorough search of deck logs, squadron after action reports, and other records, concerning units and individuals who served in the Navy in World War II. Admiral Spruance flew to Pearl Harbor to confer with the Commander-in-Chief Pacific Area (CINPAC), Admiral Chester Nimitz. At her launch 29 October, she was sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite Chevalier, wife of LCdr. Third Korean Winter Offensive. Twilight of the Gods, War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, by Ian W. Toll, @ 2020 Ian W. Toll, Published by W.W. Norton & Co., New York, NY. Marianas Operations, 4. 4 Jul 1945 : USS New Jersey departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Meanwhile, at 1600 in the Sibuyan Sea, Admiral Kurita had turned away from San Bernardino Strait to retire temporarily from the zone of enemy air attacks. However, at 1714 Kurita resumed his course towards the strait. USS South Dakota was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at the Camden, NJ dock works and launched on June 7, 1941 - the very site of the modern day museum dock for the battleship USS New Jersey. After the New Jerseys float plane spotted fleeing Japanese ships 25 miles away, the New Jersey raced towards them, avoiding enemy torpedoes and fighting off enemy aircraft. The Navy's ranks totaled 126,418 in September 1939. 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. In all, the New Jersey fired an unbelievable 12 million pounds of munitions against the enemy in less than a year. By 1950 these had been replaced by helicopters, for which the New Jersey has a landing pad and flight control tower. BB-62 - USS New Jersey - Booklet of General Plans, 1984, Iowa Class, bb62.pdf (10 MB PDF) . However, kamikazes hit several carriers, including Franklin, the most heavily damaged carrier to be saved in the war. USS New (DD-818) sent whaleboat ashore from Da Nang Harbor . Her armored deck below that is 5 inches armor on 1.25 inches STS. Also, in 1982, the New Jerseys interior spaces were reconfigured for greater crew comfort, including new bunks and lockers, air conditioning systems, and other amenities such as a chapel and a TV studio. Marines said it greatly increased their morale knowing that the Big J was out there and would help defend them. USS New Jersey is also the museum battleship most open to the public. As a result, the two Iowa-class battleships under construction (Illinois (BB-65) and Kentucky (BB-66)) were scrapped, and the more powerful but slower Montana-class battleships (BB-67 through BB-71) were never started. 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. They sank the light carrier Princeton, the sole American fast carrier sunk after 1942. Clancys description of their shore bombardment vividly evokes the New Jerseys many fire support missions in four wars: As the massive sixteen-inch rifles turned slowly to starboard and fired their first salvo, obscuring the firing battleship in an orange flash, the Soviet commander whispers Mother of God. Already the guns were going through their thirty-second reload cycle. A Kaman Seasprite helicopter was based on the New Jerseys helicopter landing pad to provide over-the-horizon targeting information. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. While the aircraft carrier remains the foundation of American naval power, the battleship will today be the sovereign of the seas. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 465 crew members registered for the USS New Jersey (BB 62). The Forgotten War, America in Korea 1950-53, by Clay Blair, @ 1987 Clay Blair, Published by Doubleday, New York, NY. EN. After World War I, America completed her first battleships with eight 16-inch/45-caliber guns (BB-45, -46 and -48). She hosted a Christmas show for crew and troops by actress Ann-Margret and comedian Bob Hope, who joked the New Jersey was so big she was Wake Island with a rudder.. Those barrels were used to replace the ones on the New Jersey. In an overhaul in Norfolk, USS New Jersey, like the other Iowa-class battleships, had her 16-inch gun barrels removed and replaced. She went on to visit France and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, traditionally the cruises final destination, where gunnery training occurred. Visiting the @acboatshow this weekend? Had a lot of good times and met a lot of great people. USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) Crew Roster. Note: Distribution of this information by the Department of the Navy does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Navy of the information or services from the firms, organizations, and websites listed hereafter. President Reagan ordered the Marines to withdraw to their ships. Ww2 Uss Attu Cve-102 Us Navy Cruise Book History Hardcover 'Little A' $536.67 Buy It Now , Click to see shipping cost , 3-Day Returns, eBay Money Back Guarantee Seller: braywash (2,020) 100% , Location: Newton, New Jersey, US , Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 120358993584 They were the culmination of a three-century naval tradition of cannon-armed ships of the line, the ultimate development of the armored turreted warships such as the Monitor and Dreadnought, and the last ships designed to fight in the line of battle. USS New Jersey received the Vietnam Service Medal with three battle stars 1. The inboard are two five-bladed 17-feet diameter units mounted in the ships twin-skeg hull while the outboard are two four-bladed 18.25-feet diameter units. They also served over a longer period than any other battleships, from 1943 until 1992. Commissioned in May 1943, she spent the rest of that year in the western Atlantic. By contrast, Admiral Kuritas more powerful force debouched from San Bernardino Strait at 0035, expecting a fight but finding no ships guarding the strait. As a new and powerful battleship, USS New Jersey was placed in reserve. This database contains U.S. Navy muster rolls and associated reports of changes for U.S. Navy enlisted personnel who served on U.S. Navy ships or in other naval activities between 31 January 1938 and 31 December 1949. Ultimately, the rear 16-inch turret was retained, and was put to good use. I think he told me he was on this ship. 06/20/2012 michael.missel@us.army.mil Michael Missel M Div./#2 Engine Room - 1988-1991 16234 Placid Dr. Whittier, CA 90604 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. Clancy also included USS New Jersey in his second book in 1986. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23-26 October 1944, by Thomas J. Cutler, @ 1994 Thomas J. Cutler, Published by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. New York, NY. 1989 signaled the victorious conclusion of the Cold War. On December 28, 1982, USS New Jersey was placed in commission personally by President Reagan. Meanwhile, USS New Jersey led Iowa, two cruisers, and four destroyers in a sweep around Truk to engage Japanese vessels attempting to escape. On July 28, 2000, the New Jersey was towed to a temporary Camden berth for more work. USS New Jersey, a 45,000-ton Iowa class battleship, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. A decoder on the New Jersey properly determined the first phrase Turkey Trots to Water was padding, but believed the second phrase The World Wonders was part of the message. By 1945, eight twin-mounted 20mm guns replaced some of the single 20mm guns. During June, while U.N. forces penetrated the Iron Triangle, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Forrest Sherman, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Arthur Radford, and Far East Naval Commander Admiral Turner Joy boarded the New Jersey and watched her bombard Wonson. (The carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), which the New Jersey frequently escorted, earned 20 battle stars in World War II but sadly was scrapped after the war.) Middletown, New Jersey 07748-0062 2 turret gunhouse assembly is seen being lowered into position on 12 January 1943. To browse this image set, select from the options below. Design was begun by naval architects of the Design Division section of the Navys Bureau of Construction and Repair. The escort carriers planes relentlessly attacked Japans armored behemoths with whatever weapons they had, including depth charges, small bombs, rockets, and machine gun bullets. To one pilot, it looked like a Hollywood premiere, Chinese New Year and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. The New Jersey helped the largely successful effort to rescue fliers who had to ditch their fuel-starved planes. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); During the 1950s, a version of the W19 nuclear artillery shell was developed specifically for the 16-inch guns, making them the worlds largest nuclear artillery, and making the Iowa-class battleships the only US Navy ships ever to have nuclear projectiles designed for them. He was told Yes, yes, we have that information by a staff officer on the New Jersey. He then received voluminous shellfire from a battleline the last in history formed by Admiral Oldendorfs cruisers and six old battleships, five of which had been sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor. The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King, by Walter R. Boreman, @ 2012 Walter R. Boreman, Published by Back Bay Books, New York, NY. USS New Jersey (BB-62) sent 30 crew members ashore for Thanksgiving dinner while offshore near Hue on November 28, 1968 USS Saint Paul (CA-73) [Cruiser] while anchored in Da Nang Harbor, small boats sent ashore on May 9, 1969, and May 25, July 17, and September 17, 1970 . During her return trip to Majuro, the New Jersey protected carriers striking the base at Woleai in the Caroline Islands. With the fighting ended in Korea, the New Jersey visited Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan, where Wisconsin relieved her as Seventh Fleet flagship on October 14, 1953. Halsey commanded the Third Fleet on the New Jersey from August 24, 1944 until January 27, 1945. Reports of changes were compiled monthly and are found in between each quarter's muster roll. There, he supervised the landing of General MacArthurs occupation Army, repatriation of Allied prisoners and surrendering Japanese garrisons, and the sweeping of many mines laid in Japanese waters. The ships eight electric generators each produced 450-volt, 3-phase alternating current totaling 1,250 kW. Perry Levine For the Philadelphia-built ship, he chose the name New Jersey to honor his home state. A battleship could have knocked out the Thanh Hoa bridge that I was bombing at the time I was shot down [in 1965]. Records of Naval Operating Forces: Logbook of the USS Missouri (Record Group 313) Dates: 1945 The collection consists of the logbook, or "deck log" of the USS Missouri during the calendar year of 1945, which includes lists of officers, reports on positions and weather conditions, references to combat, and other information. The bores were checked for dangerous residue, then elevators from the handling rooms rose to the back edge of the ramps and the shells were rammed into the waiting gun barrels. She also received the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Navy Unit Citation. Cruising off El Salvador, she was visited by its President as well as Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Second Fleet Commander Joseph Metcalf III. 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. On September 16, President Rhee presented the Korean Presidential Unit Citation to the Seventh Fleet and Admiral Clark. After the Korean War, the Navy again began decommissioning ships. USS New Jerseys electronics systems also evolved, sprouting different antennae on her superstructure over time. 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.. Overview of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) Nation: United States Type: Battleship Shipyard: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Laid Down: September 16, 1940 Launched: December 7, 1942 The New Jerseys unmatched service in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the conflicts in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf put her in harms way in more battles, campaigns, and wars than any almost any other vessel. Halsey did not think Kinkaid needed help from his fleet, which in any case was hundreds of miles away. Tet Counter-Offensive, 1969. Visiting the @acboatshow this weekend? USS New Jersey sailed from Bremerton on June 30, 1945. She was carrying 206 maintenance and supply men of the 248th Air Regiment. In the 1960s, with American involvement ramping up in Vietnam, there were repeated calls to bring back a battleship. The initial American response to these escalatory measures was to resume construction of battleships displacing 35-38,000 tons with nine 16-inch/45-caliber guns, but with greater speed and endurance. In the refit, USS New Jersey received electronic countermeasures and four Zuni rocket launchers modified to shoot shredded aluminum foil chaff to fool the radar of enemy missiles. American cruisers sank the crippled light carrier and another destroyer, and a submarine sank the crippled light cruiser. That is, the barrels mouth could fire 16-inch shells, and the barrels length was 50 times 16 inches, or 66.66 feet long. For the same reasons, the 19 slower battleships that fought in World War II were decommissioned by 1947. Over her career, the New Jersey fired more shells in combat than any other battleship ever built. REPEAT: STRIKE! Communist China Spring Offensive, 2. Kuritas flagship Yamato, the heaviest battleship afloat, weighed more than Taffy 3s thirteen small ships combined. USS New Jersey 1945 - 1:1000 Ship Model (Amercom ST-20) 4.4 (60) $2900 FREE delivery Mon, Mar 13 Only 6 left in stock - order soon. In 1935 and 2020, American night scouting planes spotted and reported Kuritas movement into the strait to Admiral Halsey on the New Jersey. All the 40mm guns were removed in 1967. Navy World Wide Locator Eagle Against the Sun, The American War with Japan, by Ronald H. Spector, @ 1985 Ronald H. Spector, Published by Random House, New York, NY. Sea of Thunder, Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945, by Evan Thomas, @ 2006 Evan Thomas, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. On March 24, 1945, USS New Jersey bombarded Okinawa in preparation for the April 1 invasion by four Army and three Marine divisions. On August 21, the New Jersey was notified that she would be decommissioned again as a cost-cutting measure. This made her the only American battleship ever commissioned by a sitting president. 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. By 1906, the United States had built, or was building, enough battleships to give her the third-largest battleship fleet in the world. At 0215, USS TRIGGER attacks the convoy again, fires three torpedoes and all hit and sink DELAGOA MARU near Tanegashima. The Third Fleet was bedeviled by kamikaze planes, whose crash-dive suicide attacks were easier for inexperienced pilots than dropping bombs or torpedoes, harder to stop because the Americans had to destroy the attacking plane completely, and more devastating because the plane and its fuel added to the destructive force of its bombs. This pointedly illustrated the new roles of carriers and battleships. She also received the National Defense Service Medal and the China Service Medal. In June and July, the New Jersey provided sustained fire support for a U.N. offensive near Kansong. Recognizing that an American capture of Okinawa would enable the invasion of its Home Islands, Japan launched an all-out offensive against the invasion fleet on April 6, 1945. The refit also equipped USS New Jersey to fire sixteen Harpoon anti-ship missiles, which had a conventional warhead, a range of 60 miles or more, and active-radar homing. In reality, USS New Jersey became the leader of the first battleship battle group in January 1986. Additionally, her interior spaces were air-conditioned and reconfigured for greater crew comfort as befitting a ship serving in the new era of an all-volunteer military. Missouri opened as a museum in 1999. USS New Jersey remained in commission until June 30, 1948. Signed up the help maintain this historic ship after retiring from the IBM Corporation. Beginning in mid-October 1968, USS New Jersey moved south to support Marine, Army, South Vietnamese, and Korean troops in the I Corps area of South Vietnam. DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. USS New Jersey BB-62, by Steve Wiper, @ 2018, Published by Classic Warships Publishing, Tuscon, AZ. She bombarded Wonson multiple times over the next two years, silencing any shore batteries that fired back. She bombarded Communist supply dumps and gun positions in the so-called Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Vietnam. Date of Birth: 04/12/1934. In the typhoons two-day ordeal, Spence and two other destroyers capsized and sank. They produced a variety of plans offering different solutions to the competing needs of displacement, armament, armor, internal protection, speed, endurance, seakeeping, and stability. She recommissioned in April 1968 and arrived off Southeast Asia in September. That means it lobbed 5,866 sixteen-inch shells and 14,891 five-inch shells. * Click Admiral Halseys Story, by William F. Halsey, Jr. and J. Bryan III, @ 1947 William F. Halsey, Jr., Published by Whittlesey House, New York, NY. On January 7, they squeezed through the Panama Canal, with less than a foot to spare on each side. Halsey knew Admiral Kinkaid was preparing to confront Admiral Nishimuras southern force at Surigao Strait. Please send any Comments or Questions regarding this site to the webmaster. It witnessed the last battle in which battleships fought other ships, the last naval gunfight between battle lines, and the first use of suicide planes. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Nonetheless, the heroic efforts of the Taffys pilots and the sacrificial attack of Taffy 3s little escorts had fatally wounded three Japanese heavy cruisers and had bewildered Kurita, making him think he was facing the heavy ships and fleet carriers of the Third Fleet. The typhoon damaged many other ships, destroyed 156 planes, and drowned 790 men. Bush had been shot down and rescued by a submarine. When she reached her new home port of Long Beach, more work was done, including removing some 40mm armored gun tubs; two remaining tubs were used as pools for the crew. The Navys General Board approved the design. These aircraft were used from the time of commissioning until the spring of 1945. Red Storm Rising hypothesized a Warsaw Pact attack on NATO, starting with a Soviet invasion of Iceland. Add to Mailing List. The Korean War brought New Jersey back into commission in November 1950. It restricted battleships to 35,000 tons and 16-inch main guns and limited the total tonnage of the major fleets. On April 15, 1945, USS New Jersey held a memorial service for President Franklin Roosevelt, who had died three days before. USS Ticonderoga (DDG/CG-47), nicknamed "Tico", was a guided-missile cruiser built for the United States Navy. On March 19, the New Jersey shot down about a half dozen aircraft attacking the carriers, damaged others, and used her floatplane to rescue a downed carrier pilot. The attack sunk twenty-nine ships and destroyed 214 aircraft. $21.5 million dollars was spent to rehabilitate the ship, add new radars and electronics, install a helicopter pad, upgrade the aviation fueling facilities on the fantail, and remove the 40mm guns. On USS New Jersey, Admiral Halsey credited his pilots post-strike reports and concluded Admiral Kuritas force had suffered so much topside damagethat it could not win a decision and could be left to Kinkaid. Halsey later stated that it seemed childish to me to guard statically San Bernardino Strait. He believed Kuritas fleet had been so heavily damaged in the Sibuyan Sea that it could no longer be considered a serious menace to the Seventh Fleet. Moreover, Halsey was determined not to allow any ships in the Japanese carrier force to escape so he would not be accused of being super-cautious like Admiral Spruance in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. On January 28, 1946, USS New Jersey yielded her role as flagship of the Fifth Fleet and the Japanese occupation. Another great place is the USS New Jersey Veterans Association website, their address is below. Six new battleships (BB-55 through BB-60) of the North Carolina and South Dakota classes would be launched in 1940-42 and fought in World War II. broken down by years, with e-mail links to individuals, Many former crew It demonstrated to the Soviets the renewed power of the Navy in the Pacific, highlighted by a simultaneous live fire demonstration by the New Jersey and Missouri. Halsey later related: I was sorry not to have the New Jersey again, but she was in overhaul.. 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. Volume XII, Leyte, June 1944-January 1945, @ 1958 Samuel Eliot Morison. The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial is a living museum with veterans and other volunteers and staff educating thousands of guests every year. 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. The New Jersey carried three different types: the BGM-109A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Nuclear (TLAM-N) with a W80 nuclear warhead; the RGM/UGM-109B Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile (TASM) with a 1,000-pound warhead; and the BGM-109C Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Conventional (TLAM-C) with a 1,000-pound warhead. Many of these battleships served in World War I and provided shore bombardment in World War II. Tickets are still available for the @battleshipnj 's Evening Engine Room Guided Tour, Friday, March 3 at 6pm. The New Jersey charged forward at over 30 knots and fired her 16-inch guns straight ahead, the speeding ship recoiling with each blast. 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. Admiral Halsey in the New Jersey led preparatory airstrikes against the Philippines. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. This site's Ships Log nearly USS New Jersey steamed 200,000 miles during the war. Most had left by February 26, when the New Jersey fired thirteen 16-inch shells after U.S. reconnaissance planes were fired upon. The New Jersey also fired her 5-inch guns in support of the Marines ashore on several occasions. Her helicopters rescued Navy pilots downed in or near North Korea, and her doctors cared for wounded from a South Korean frigate damaged by shore batteries. Second, she led the Navys main fleet in the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the largest sea battle of all time, which destroyed the Japanese fleet as a fighting force. For the full story about our tour, and this incredible. After Britain finished a battleship under construction in 1946, no more battleships were built. With only the Missouri still active, a call went out for more battleship support, and USS New Jersey was the first to answer. For another layer of defense, eight sextuple Mark 36 Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures Chaff and Decoy Launching Systems were installed. Read more Price: US $449.99 No Interest if paid in full in 6 mo on $99+* Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist She was deployed to Maine until mid-December in case the German battleship Tirpitz, which had attacked Spitzbergen in September, attempted to leave Norway to raid the critical North Atlantic convoys. She ranged into the Gulf of Tonkin almost to the 19th Parallel, bombarding heavily fortified caves at Vinh. One-third of the ships workforce was comprised of women, now known collectively as Rosie the Riveters.. Meanwhile, Taffy 3s escort carriers were being boxed in by Admiral Kuritas armada. Without the 20mm and 40mm antiaircraft guns, USS New Jersey was crewed by less than 60% of her World War II compliment. Two emergency diesel generators each produced an additional 250 kW. Once again, the New Jersey became the only battleship in active service in the world.
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