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, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
basedOn USS New Jersey (BB-62) ⓘ
linked to: USS New Jersey
country 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, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden
locatedOn Delaware River ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Adventure Aquarium in Camden ⓘ
Camden Waterfront ⓘ
linked to: Camden waterfront
occupiesVessel USS New Jersey (BB-62) ⓘ
linked to: USS New Jersey
offersExperience educational programs ⓘ
overnight encampments ⓘ
offersFacility event and meeting spaces ⓘ
openingDate October 15, 2001 ⓘ
operator Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. ⓘ
ownedBy State of New Jersey ⓘ
state 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 (BB-62) commissioned in 1943 ⓘ
linked to: USS New Jersey
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 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 ⓘ
Lebanon crisis of the 1980s ⓘ
linked to: 1982 Lebanon War

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 → Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Camden County → hasAttraction → Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial ⓘ
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial → operator → Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Entertainment Center station → serves → Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial ⓘ
Camden waterfront → hasAttraction → Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial ⓘ
Tweeter Center at the Waterfront → near → Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial ⓘ