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 | 123k | New Jersey (BB-62) and Missouri (BB-63) in mothballs at Bemerton Wash in 1970's. | Photo by PH1 Frank Jankowski, submitted by John Hummel. | |
 | 182k | Looking at the business side of the New Jersey (BB-62), July 81 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. The Missouri (BB-63) is moored off to her starboard side. | USN courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 356k | The two battleships, New Jersey (BB-62) and Missouri (BB-63) at Puget Sound Naval Yard, 1 July 1981, docked on either side of a Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility pier. | USN photo # DN-ST-82-01715, by JO1 Callaghan, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 399k | The Shelly Foss and two fleet tugs, Moctobi (AFT-105), left, and Takelma (ATF-113), tow the New Jersey (BB-62) from Bremerton, Wash., to Long Beach, Calif., to undergo refitting and reactivation, 1 Jul 1981. | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-82-01716, by PH2 Gary Ballard, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 166k | A memorandum from the shipyard commander to all stations of the shipyard, 5 Feb 1982. The memorandum briefly concerns the good condition that the New Jersey (BB-62) was kept in before and after decommissioning. Also, for persons not to take any items from the ship for personal use. The ship has been in dry dock since November 1981, for refitting and modernizing for return to active duty and recommissioning early in 1983. The recommissioning will be the fourth time since the ship was built in 1942. | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-SN-82-04598, by PHAN Jeffrey J. Steinessen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 467k | A bow view, taken with a wide angle lens, of the New Jersey (BB-62) in drydock. The ship is undergoing refitting and reactivation. | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-82-04408, by PH2 Gary G. Ballard, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 519k | Shipyard personnel wear protective gear as they work on the hull of the New Jersey (BB-62), in dry dock being overhauled and refitted for reactivation. | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-82-04589, by PHAN Jeffrey J. Steinessen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 122k | James McMahon, freshman student of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in Glen Cove, N.Y., lubricates the starboard screw strut bearings of the New Jersey (BB-62). | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-82-04591, by PHAN Jeffrey J. Steinessen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 164k | New Jersey (BB-62) in dry dock at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 5 Feb 1982. The ship was floated out of dock on 13 March. | Official USN photo # DN-SN-8204594, by PH2 Gary G. Ballard, courtesy of Warship International, pg. 274, No. 3 1982. | |
 | 122k | Tugs maneuver the New Jersey (BB-62) as it is floated out of drydock here. The ship is being returned to active service after 12 years of storage, 13 Mar 1982. | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-SN-82-05382, by PH2 Gary Ballard, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 188k | The New Jersey (BB-62) afloat in dry dock at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 13 March 1982. | Official USN photo # DN-SN-8205376, by PH2 Gary G. Ballard, courtesy of Warship International, pg. 274, No. 3 1982. | |
 | 60k | Tugs maneuver the New Jersey (BB-62) out of dry dock at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 13 March 1982. Note the scaffolding around her funnels, she is probably having them repainted. | Official USN photo # DN-SN-8205381, by PH2 Gary G. Ballard, courtesy of Warship International, pg. 274, No. 3 1982. | |
 | 27k | New Jersey (BB-62) with cranes attending to her on 3 June 1982 at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. | Photo copyright Ronald E. Parkinson, courtesy of Warship International, pg. 213, No. 3 1982. | |
 | 79k | Born for third time, the New Jersey (BB-62) steams on post-refit trials, Sept. 1982. Note the large booms for more efficent fueling at sea, the new heavy mast, and the enlarged ECM "box" atop her fire-control tower. Her helicopter control station can be seen below her after 5-inch director. Missles have not yet been mounted. | Photo courtesy of Robert Hirst from War Machine Vol 11. Text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 71k | A crewman monitors the engine room control panel aboard the New Jersey (BB-62) 25 Sept. 1982. The battleship, after recently completing renovation and modernization, is undergoing sea trials prior to reactivated in January 1983. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-83-00963, by PH1 Ron Garrison, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection. | |
 | 58k | Crewmen stand in formation on the forward deck of the battleship New Jersey (BB-62). The ship's bell hangs in the foreground. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-83-01009, by PH1 Ron Garrison, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection. Photo added 12/16/06. | |
 | 75k | Crewmen operate the electrical generators in the upper level engine room aboard the New Jersey (BB-62). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-83-00966, by PH1 Ron Garrison, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection. | |
 | 137k | At sea during trials off the U.S. Pacific coast, 25 Sept. 1982. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-83-00210, by PH2 Shayna Brennan, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection. | |
 | 67k | New Jersey (BB-62) view from the bridge, looking over the two forward 16"/50 gun turrets, during sea trials in the Pacific, 25-28 September 1982. Note spray at the front of the second turret. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-83-01001, by PH1 Ron Garrison, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection. | |
 | 88k | Crewmen use a handcart to transport a powder casing used to fire the 16-inch guns as it is loaded aboard the battleship New Jersey (BB-62) prior to sea trials off of Seal Beach CA., 18 Oct 1982. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-83-00898, by PHC Terry Mitchell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 339k | President Ronald Reagan speaks during the recommissioning ceremony for the New Jersey (BB-62), 28 Dec 1982 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. | Official U.S. Navy photo # DN-ST-83-04301, by PHC Terry C. Mitchell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 134k | New Jersey (BB-62) recommissioned December 28, 1982 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. | USN photo courtesy of Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR RET. | |
 | 354k | Three Front covers of the Welcome Aboard for the New Jersey (BB-62) appear here. This was handed out at the Recommissioning on 28 December 1982, at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. CAPT Lewis Glenn, Jr. issued this Welcome Aboard Front cover of the New Jersey during his tenure. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo added 12/22/07. | |
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