BB-62 USS New Jersey Task Force 77 1951

Class & type: Iowa-class battleship
Namesake: State of New Jersey
Ordered: 1 Jul 1939
Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down: 16 Sep 1940
Launched: 7 Dec 1942
Commissioned: 23 May 1943
Decommissioned: 30 June 1948
Recommissioned: 21 Nov 1950
Decommissioned: 21 Aug 1957
Recommissioned: 6 April 1968
Decommissioned: 17 Dec 1969
Recommissioned: 28 Dec 1982
Decommissioned: 8 Feb 1991
Struck: 4 Jan 1999
Nickname: "Big J"
Fate: Museum ship in Camden, New Jersey
Status: Museum ship
Notes: Most decorated battleship in Naval History