MAY 2022 E-NEWSLETTER

May is the the month most of us reopen our pools for the Season. Did you know that New Jersey is the only battleship to ever have swimming pools? When the 40mm Bofors were removed before the ship left for Vietnam, the gun tubs on the forward 0-1 level were retained. Captain Snyder ordered them to be filled with water as a gift to the crew. You can still see the outline of the old gun tubs on the deck when you visit the ship today.

We are open for tours at 10:00 AM with the last tour starting at 4:00 PM every day.

Self-Guided tour routes are open until 5:30 PM. Tickets are $5-$25.

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Spend a Night

Groups and families can again spend a night aboard the Battleship. Enjoy dinner and breakfast, experience a guided tour of the ship, take a chance to fire the saluting gun and sleep in the bunks that the crew of the USS New Jersey once did!

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Guided Evening Tours

Twilight Adult Tour

Friday, May. 27 at 6PM

Rarely seen spaces and stories.

Must be 18+

Turret II

Friday, May 6 at 6PM

Walk through a Five-Story 16" Gun Turret.

Engine Room

Friday, May 13 at 6PM

Tour the most powerful engineering plant ever installed on a battleship.

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Our Inaugural Admiral Halsey Gala Was a Success

The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial held it’s Inaugural Admiral Halsey Awards Gala on Thursday, May 5, 2022 onboard the fantail of Battleship New Jersey.

Thank you to all those who supported and attended the event! You made it a fantastic evening.

The evenings MC Merrill Reese (Voice of the Philadelphia Eagles) greets Battleship NJ volunteer John "Johnny Q" Quinesso Sr., WWII US Navy veteran.

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3 Bands Perform Live

Sunday, June 19 at 1:00 PM

Join us for a day of music aboard the Battleship New Jersey!

Featuring:

Arsenal

The Coconutz

Reunion

$25.00

You can take a tour before the show for $25.00 more.

Tickets

Fire a Salute

The Battleship offers gun salutes every thirty minutes on Saturday’s and select dates between 12:00 P.M. and 2:00 P.M for a $50 donation.

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For $500.00, upgrade to fire our 5-inch gun! Email tickets@battleshipnewjersey.org to discuss this opportunity.

Deck-to-Deck Tours

Saturday, July 2nd at 3PM

Start your tour at the Battleship New Jersey then head to the Independence Seaport Museum to tour the Becuna and Olympia.

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Future Deck-to-Deck tour dates: Sept. 3, and Nov 5.

USS New Jersey Teak Deck Pieces for Sale

Own an original piece of the Black Dragon. We are selling original pieces of BB-62’s Teak Deck to help fund our deck restoration project. All the proceeds from the sale of the teak go directly to the restoration and preservation of Battleship New Jersey. This item comes with a certificate of authenticity.

5 sizes, $3.00 – $250.00

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Monthly Trivia

The trivia question for the March e-newsletter was: On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, the invasion of Okinawa began. Despite battleships being obsolete nearly every surviving one in the Pacific was thrown into the battle. How many battleships participated in the 3-month campaign for the island?

The correct answer is: 26 - Yamato, HMS King George V, HMS Howe, USS Massachusetts, USS Indiana, USS New Jersey, USS South Dakota, USS Wisconsin, USS Missouri, USS North Carolina, USS Washington, USS Arkansas, USS Tennessee, USS Colorado, USS Nevada, USS Idaho, USS West Virginia, USS New Mexico, USS New York, USS Texas, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Mississippi, USS California, USS Alabama, USS Iowa.

This month's e-newsletter's question is: Battleships are renowned for their more than a foot thick armored belts but not all of the shell plating is that thick. How thick is the thinnest shell plating on New Jersey's waterline as designed? Hint it is only 1/16th of an inch thicker than the shell plating on USS The Sullivans which failed last month.

The correct, randomly selected answer will win four tickets to the tour the Battleship.

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How Big Are Battleship Propellers (Also Called Screws)?

In this episode we're visiting one of the battleship's screws that was removed from the ship and placed on land.

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