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 | 27k | New Jersey State Crest. | USN photo. | |
 | 175k | New Jersey (BB- 16 / 62) Plaque. | USN photo. | |
 | 195k | New Jersey (BB-62) being built at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, 8 July 1942. Bow view looking forward, aft. | USN photo. | |
 | 147k | The main battery and compartmentalization of the New Jersey (BB-62) is apparent in this construction photo at Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 1942. | USN photo courtesy of maritimequest.com. | |
 | 128k | Being prepared for launching, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on 7 December 1942. Note the shape of her after hull, with inboard propeller shafts incorporated in the hull skegs, and twin rudder posts directly aft of them. The starboard outboard propeller shaft is also visible, at right. | Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946. USNHC # NH 93911. | |
 | 122k | Part of the building program and a good way to "Remember Pearl Harbor" was this scene at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on 7 December 1942 as the New Jersey (BB-62) was launched into the Delaware River. | USN photo courtesy of maritimequest.com. | |
 | 18k | Commemorative post mark from New Jersey's (BB-62) launching at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, 7 December 1942. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 114k | The New Jersey's (BB-62) No. 2 turret shell deck is seen prior to the installation of the turret rotating assembly. The turret hold-down clips are leaning against the foundation bulkhead, and the central column and powder hoist trunks are visible. The two cone shaped pieces are the training stops for the turret rotation. The canvas cover protects the cones rollers on the lower roller track. | U. S. Navy photo & partial text from the book "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS-Their Design, Weapons and Equipment" by Robert F. Sumrall & Tom Walkowiak, submitted by Mike Green. | |
 | 83k | The main barbette for New Jersey's (BB-62) No. 2 turret is shown on 12 January 1943 waiting for the gunhouse assembly to arrive on site by barge. The top of the barbette is constructed of 17.3" thick Class A armor. The barbette sections taper to 14.8" on the quarters and to 11.6" on the forward and aft section. In the distance, a Cleveland class light cruiser is visible. | U. S. Navy photo & partial text from the book "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS-Their Design, Weapons and Equipment" by Robert F. Sumrall & Tom Walkowiak, submitted by Mike Green. | |
 | 87k | The upper rotating assembly for turret No. 2 is seen on 12 January 1943 being lowered onto a barge at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Turret Shop. The turret will be barged to the fitting out basin where the New Jersey (BB-62) is being completed after her 7 December 1942 launching. The two openings are where the training pinions will be located, which will engage the training track for rotating the turret. | U. S. Navy photo & partial text from the book "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS-Their Design, Weapons and Equipment" by Robert F. Sumrall & Tom Walkowiak, submitted by Mike Green. | |
 | 103k | The upper turret rotating assembly for New Jersey's (BB-62) turret No. 2 is seen being lowered into the barbette on 12 January 1943. | U. S. Navy photo & partial text from the book "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS-Their Design, Weapons and Equipment" by Robert F. Sumrall & Tom Walkowiak, submitted by Mike Green. | |
 | 71k | New Jersey's (BB-62) No. 2 turret gunhouse assembly is seen being lowered into position on 12 January 1943. As seen from the side, the turret's 0.75" STS backing plates are installed. The holes in the plates is where the Class A armor sides will be attached with armor bolts. | U. S. Navy photo & partial text from the book "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS-Their Design, Weapons and Equipment" by Robert F. Sumrall & Tom Walkowiak, submitted by Mike Green. | |
 | 153k | The upper rotating assembly forNew Jersey's (BB-62) turret No. 2 is shown being lowered on 12 January 1943 and is nearly in place in this photo. This photo looks directly into the front of the turret and the center and outboard gun girders are visible. | U. S. Navy photo & partial text from the book "IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS-Their Design, Weapons and Equipment" by Robert F. Sumrall & Tom Walkowiak, submitted by Mike Green. | |
 | 184k | 23 May 1943. Commissioning of the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62). Some 2,400 officers and enlisted men are on the fantail. To the right and below the American flag is the fire control tower for the main battery. | USN photo, courtesy of the Charles Edison Fund. |
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 | 113k | New Jersey (BB-62) off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa May 1943. Note paravane chain at her bow, and the absence of the usual "Iowa" class bow bulwark. Also note the open bridge. | USNHC # NH 92293 | |
 | 48k | Underway near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 July 1943. | USN photo. | |
 | 159k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 July, 1943. | Joe Radigan / USN photo. | |
 | 124k | At Philadelphia Navy Yard looking forward at the forward stack and main tower area. Note the quad 40mm Bofors mount in the foreground and the Mk.37 5in/38cal directors on each side of the stack. | USN photo. | |
 | 91k | A view looking down the superstructure. Visible are two 5in/38cal moounts, a quad 40mm Bofors mount, and two 20mm Oerlikons on the main deck. Note the 'bloomers' on the barrels of the 5in guns, 21 July 1943. | USN photo. | |
 | 394k | New Jersey (BB-62) fitting out at the Philadephia Navy Yard, late summer 1943. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 294k | The New Jersey (BB-62) off the Philadephia Navy Yard on 5 Aug 1943 as first commissioned, with no tub on the bow, and no 40mm mounts forward of #1 turret nor 40mm mounts forward of #3 turret. | USN / BuShips photo #49921, courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 482k | New Jersey's (BB-62) crew dressed in ranks prior to going or coming ashore. The antiaircraft battery has been increased to twenty 40 mm quads and forty-nine 20 mm single mounts. This includes the addition of the 40 mm mount atop turret #2. Curved bridge structure is evident along with her S-G surface search radar location, on the forward face of her forward fire control tower. This is the same location that gave the Washington (BB-56) fits during the Naval Battle off Guadalcanal. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 96k | New Jersey's (BB-62) three Vought OS2U Kingfisher seaplanes on the fantail on 3 September 1943. Protected by covers from the sea, these aircraft were the forerunners of modern helicopter operations. | USNHC # 80-G-82695. | |
 | 270k | Starboard view of the New Jersey (BB-62) at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 7 September, 1943. The French battleship Richelieu is off the New Jersey's port quarter. | Contributed by Joe Radigan / USN photo. | |
 | 92k | A nice view of the bridge area (and Turret 2) after the post-shakedown refit at Philadelphia. The open bridge has now been enlosed with a rounded structure (the only in the class.) 16 October 1943. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 247k | Looking towards the New Jersey's (BB-62) bridge area. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 314k | Main batteries trained to port. Note the men in the control both on top of her # 2 turret. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 349k | Forward 40mm guns are dry as the New Jersey (BB-62) forward turret is enveloped in spray, probably during her shakedown cruise in the western Atlantic and Caribbean area, October 1943. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 239k | New Jersey's (BB-62) forecastle & forward turret are enveloped in spray, probably during her shakedown cruise in the western Atlantic and Caribbean area, October 1943. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/27/08. | |
 | 134k | New Jersey (BB-62) silhouetted against the sea and the clouds, as seen from a minesweeper, 26 October 1943. She was then engaged in training in the western Atlantic and Caribbean area. | Official U.S. Navy photo # NH 45486, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
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