Virtual Tour of Battleship New Jersey

Take a virtual tour throughout the Battleship New Jersey. The Battleship is making this tour available for free while the ship is closed due to the COVID-19 crisis. Please support the ship by making a donation at: www.battleship...
UPDATE 10/25/2020 The museum has reopened. Please check our website www.battleshipnewjersey.org for the most up to date information.
You can also make a donation by mailing a check to Battleship New Jersey, 62 Battleship Pl., Camden, NJ 08103, or by calling [phone] Extension 127.
You can also support the ship by shopping in the online store www.battleshipnewjersey.org/shop

[@500VulcanRider]

I was on board USS John F Kennedy CV 67 during Beirut and I saw the New Jersey light up the night with her big guns, what an awesome sight!!!!

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME." In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeremyaudet3810]

@TalesWellsFargo thank you for your service and welcome home

[@500VulcanRider]

@@jeremyaudet3810 Thank you

[@thomasgallucci2880]

I served on her in 68-69 as a Gun Captain left gun Turret 2. Great memories of the ship and fellow crew members.

[@eugenerob8492]

Thank you for your service sir

[@axysdnyd]

I would also like to extend my thanks for your service sir. God bless you and all who serve/have served and may all America's surviving battleships live for eternity to honor those who served.

[@petis1976]

So you're one of the men who saved my Dad's ass on a mountain top when there was no other fire support. He was the guy on the other end of the radio calling in the rounds.

[@robhartshorn6823]

Thank you for your service.

[@tomgreen5701]

I was on the USS Towers DDG9 we escorted their New Jersey over to Vietnam

[@p35flash97]

My father was a Marine in Vietnam. He says he remembers the 16 inch shells from the New Jersey flying over his basecamp in Dong Ha Vietnam headed into the jungles providing support for American troops.

[@realmusic962]

My Dad served on BB62 and was onboard when the one and only sailor was killed. He also told me many stories what it was like to serve on the ship. One story was how when a train attempted to avoid the mighty guns by entering a tunnel, they simply bombed both sides of the tunnel closed. Before he passed away ten years ago I was able to bring him to the ship to tour. It was an amazing experience!

[@Tinfoil.Hatter]

Is your name Fox??..I remember when SN Fox fell down the galley elevator..So tragic

[@jimdrechsel3611]

Back in 1977-78 my HS graduating class helped raise money to save her. We wrote letters and pushed to prevent her from being scrapped. Thanks so much for the tour! Awesome!

[@peterzellinger6316]

This is so well presented, one can really imagine what it has to be serving on such a majestic ship.

[@donaldwallace7934]

Timothy Kerofsky and Family I served on her from 1982-1985 I was a powder handler on the powder flats for turret 3. I was in 3rd division as well.

[@张桓瑜]

I wish I could be inside

[@royfrye333]

I was part of the crew that put the Kaman SH2 Seasprite helicopter on the deck. I was a flight test mechanic at Kaman for 45 years. After we set the aircraft in place, we were given a complete tour of the ship. It was fantastic!

[@coachhillscta]

WW2 generation brilliant minds constructed a gun platform updateable for decades..incredible foresight and abilities! Unreal!

[@CSltz]

I had a chance to visit her when she was in Subic Bay in the Philippines. The sailor that gave us the tour said there were painted lines on the bottom inside the keel in the remote chance of you being caught down there if they were firing the 16’s . The other thing that I remember was looking through the “ big eye” glasses. You could see across the bay to another ship and see the sailors on the decks. Wish I still had that pamphlet that he gave us and we had him sign. Long time ago and many moves.

[@jettpro6647]

Greatest battleship built by the greatest generation! They probably never dreamed they would be used for so long

[@vitrong5765]

GMG3 Terry Jones powder hoist operator turret 2. Also a plank owner from her 4th commissioning.crew under President Reagan. Fire Power for Freedom

[@allenhenderzahs495]

I served on board the Big J from 1982-1984 and was part of the recommission crew in Long Beach. Ca. We were deployed on a westpac and finally sent to Beirut to support the multinational peacekeeping force. I was in first division and my battlestation was hoist operator Turret 1 shell deck. I have been back to vist the old girl four times in Camden N.Y. What great memories for a 18 year old. Allen Henderzahs

[@brohawk7395]

I was a Boiler Tech petty officer and proudly served onboard in Long Beach until her decommissioning... What am amazing ship!! I will always have great memories of BB62

[@rotorspin6127]

Thank you for the presentation. One day I might get to see her for real, simply awesome.

[@johanna6050]

My dad was a volunteer tour guide for the ship for several years. My nephew, a former marine, had his wedding/reception on the ship a few years ago. Going to the head was an adventure. The bride and groom got to fire one of the large guns. It startled one of the guests, who was holding a drink, and he spilled it down the front of his mother's gown. lol

[@NjKid2441]

The New Jersey was supposed to be the ship the surrender was signed on but since President Truman was from Missouri. The Missouri was chosen.

[@ultimagamer1163]

Actually it was the Iowa Just wanted to let you know Because There was a dog on the Iowa in WWII that Roosevelt loved and if he was still president he would’ve done it on the Iowa

[@NjKid2441]

It was the new jersey at the end of the war. The new jersey was in the Phillipines. And played a major role in the end of the war. If FDR was president then ok, but with Thurman being President it was supposed to be the New Jersey.

[@NjKid2441]

The men who served on her, myself and many others care

[@dundonrl]

From what I've read, it was supposed to be the USS South Dakota BB-57. www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-09-02-9509020218-story.html

[@NjKid2441]

@@dundonrl that's just from one veteran. The new jersey was in that area for most of the war and had many Battlestar so. It doesn't really matter now.

[@donraptor6156]

I worked on the Jersey during the Reactivating! I can take you exactly where my name and date is welded on a beam!

[@sniper59jl]

You are "part of the ship" .. for ever ... well done ...¡¡¡

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Where is it? If I ever go I'll have a look

[@thecollierreport]

So happy to have visited this today! Andrew, great job!!!

[@thecollierreport]

July 29, 2023

[@SOffenbach]

Thank you New Jersey for keeping my family and I safe.

[@philwalmsley1116]

Phil, Andrew & Patrick, very well done gentlemen. Thank you!

[@SecretAgentQQ7]

Thanks!

[@skymaster9484]

Seen this ship go through Miraflores Locks in the Panama canal in the early 80's while stationed at Ft Clayton. Have beautiful pictures of it as its traveling though the locks, got up early the next morning to do PT and seen it going back though in the opposite direction. Learned a little later it went and bombed Lebanon or something the most beautiful ship I have ever seen. Not only was the big 16" guns impressive but the deck on that thing was unbelievable the sailors had to work there ass of to keep it looking like that.

[@michaelwilson9483]

I got to eat Thanksgiving dinner aboard her while I was demobilizing at Fort Dix in 2014. A great thanks to the many hands who maintain her and educate visitors about this amazing piece of American history!

[@axysdnyd]

I truly believe it's the duty of each American to visit all the remaining US battleships to honor those who served aboard these magnificent ships. I have toured 3 battleships thus far and I fully intend to tour all. God bless all the men who served aboard these ships and may these ships live on for eternity to honor those who serve/have served, not just in the Navy but all branches of the US military. God bless America, my home sweet home 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@joescriff4812]

Excellent presentation video on this historic warship and very well maintained museum.

[@josephgibbons1631]

I've toured the South Carolina and was greatly impressed. I have always wanted to see an Iowa Class. I'll make it happen....bucket List.

[@73Trident]

North Carolina

[@josephgibbons1631]

@@73Trident that’s what I get for typing way too late. Yes of course. North Carolina. Thanks for righting my ship! Lol

[@rjrestorationstation4402]

An excellent presentation of a truly awesome ship. I had the pleasure of taking a tour of New Jersey several years ago. What a thrill to stand on the port side where Adm. Halsey stood. You could almost feel his presence.

[@MrKKUT1984]

Excellent video! I wish I had the chance to serve on a ship as great as this one. Thank you to all who served this great country🇺🇸

[@Lagniappe.]

Wow impressive how well it is preserved.

[@williamsburgkavanagh1710]

Wow didnt expect the cec to be in such good working order. Radar crts just a glowing so cool. Most Museum ships these are non functional... Very cool

[@admiralbeatty6083]

Excellent videos and content! Been on board many times - born in Camden and my Grandfather worked at NY Ship in Camden for many years.

[@Justnobody0950]

Growing up in South Alabama, I have been on the USS Alabama and the Sub SS Drum in Mobile several times. And it amazes me that during WWII the expert experience that engineers had in creating and building these massive war ships without all the technology of computers. And to navigate and operate these ships during war time took pure intellectual know how. Yes, today the ships and subs are faster and more accurate than the ships of those days. But there is just something about those old beauties that, to me it's like a beautiful woman. I just pray, with the world in the mess it's in that we never have to use our military in the way we did back then. My Grandpa was in WWI and my Dad was in WWII. Both in the Army. I'm 69 now and I will always admire thoes heroic men for their service to keep America free.❤

[@jamesmotley2409]

Really enjoyed this video.Got to visit USS Massachusetts back in 1974 as a youth and never forgot it.

[@terryjones2425]

GMG3 Terry Jones powder hoist operator turret 2. Also a plank owner from her 4th commissioning.crew under President Reagan. Fire Power for Freedom

[@joeottsoulbikes415]

This is an excellent film. Very complete and informative. I almost feel as if I have taken the tour myself now. It does make me want to visit in person now. A goal for 2022 after Covid has been defeated and life is back to the new normal. Thank you!!!

[@frankbarnwell____]

in 87 eye went to CEC on my ship. someone redirected me to CIC. Bless him.

[@oldnavygunner3498]

As a kid from Matawan, New Jersey, I went aboard her, as a Cub Scout, during decommissioning after the Korean War. Then as an FTG2 (Gun Fire Control Technician Second Class) I served aboard her during Vietnam...being promoted to FTG1 during during that time. I was assigned to the Forward Main Battery Plotting Room, where as a 2nd Class I actually fired the 16" guns. I was transferred two weeks before decommissioning to continue my Navy Career...retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer in 1989. I have been back to visit once several years ago...and even after serving on five subsequent ships (all of them Cruisers) I still consider her my home.

[@arnoldarnold1034]

Thanks for your service man, how awesome it was in your day and during WW2!!!

[@thomaswayneward]

I heard one shell fly over us in VN, it sounded like a box car flying through the air. It is almost unbelievable how quickly the ship was built.

[@hankscorpio6111]

I never got to go on the New Jersey but it was piered across from us in Earle Nj around 1990-91 or so. Its a beautiful ship!

[@jimlassen9422]

What a great presentation and a fab insight into the workings of this Battleship. All credit to you people for restoring her and making her available to view, which I can't do as I am in the UK. Glad to read that she is now back and able to see within the last day and I must check out the other links you mentioned below.

[@gsp0113]

Excellent video. Really well done. Kudos.

[@bkip20002]

In 1986 I deployed on board the USS Thach (FFG-43), as one of the escorts of Battle Group Romeo centered on the USS New Jersey, along with the USS Long Beach, USS Merrill, USS Gray, and USS Wabash. One particular day, having stood a mid-watch, I was sound asleep in my rack when I was awoken by the entire ship shaking, a moment later it happened again. Getting up I found out that it was the New Jersey doing some gunnery practice with her big guns... she was two miles off and still the entire ship shook with every shot fired.

[@jaytippie9622]

Nice overview of the ship and her systems. Thank you for this.

[@808G8GT]

This is awesome. Loved the history and tour of the USS New Jersey. My son and I frequently tour the sister ship of the USS New jersey.....the USS Missouri BB-63 here in Hawaii. Both ships look identical inside and out. Fun fact....the empire of Japan surrendered on the deck of the USS Missouri on Sept 2nd, 1945.

[@soviet_union1936]

I've actually been on usa new jersey I watched it to see if I forgot anything and I like seeing all of stuff

[@mioryderoncgnp1589]

Amazing ship, a true statement of firepower on the high seas!!!

[@railroad9000]

I had the opportunity to go aboard her in Subic Bay during Vietnam. The minesweeper I was stationed on was there at the time. Dad served on Missouri during WWII

[@johnmccourt1000]

I served in the royal navy from 80 to 86 and was sat off of Beirut towards the end of 83. I still remember watching the New Jersey firing the big guns for shore bombardment I think it was some time during the middle of December.

[@sniper59jl]

Exellent presentation, very clear, precise and complete ...¡¡¡¡¡.... beautifull job.

[@BB63]

You have covered a lot of things aboard the battleship. From the beginning of its use to the end how have the uniforms and covers changed over the years.

[@tomgreen5701]

I was on the TowersDDG9 we went across the equator at the same time the NewJersey, it was There is a ceremony that you go through when you cross the equator

[@nigelterry9299]

Thanks for this. I doubt I shall ever be able to see this marvellous vessel but this works just fine.

[@Kilundrum]

Thank you for this tour, nicely done!

[@ragman1970]

Great video on a great ship, thank you.

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

I watched her fire her guns on the 4th of July at sea, how they splashed Red,White,and Blue is beyond me! SALUTE! Thanks from this old Chief!!

[@davidhempsted9081]

Hey Ryan, love the videos. So glad I found them. While visiting our son at school in Pensacola we went over to Mobile and tour the USS Alabama. She’s not as well kept as the NJ. one of the funny things I noticed on display in the butcher shop was a sleeve of Taylor ham/pork roll(what ever you refer to it as) I was hoping to leave a picture but the phone won’t let me. Any way, I enjoy the video tours. Keep up the good work.

[@dundonrl]

It's changed since then, since on modern warships the CO generally sleeps in his at shore cabin and very seldom uses the at sea cabin (at least on all 3 warships I've served on, USS Essex LHD-2, USS Momsen DDG-92 and USS Halsey DDG-97) The CO of the USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 was injured when he was sleeping in his at shore cabin when it collided with the ACX Crystal off the coast of Japan in 2017.

[@darkdrengr5944]

Cool video. I served in the Air Force, so learning about these dreadnaughts is extremely interesting. Thank you!

[@Khemin]

Great virtual tour... and was so great to again see CEC as it was during the Battleship's actual operation: Dark with only low blue lighting overheard so that all electronic displays and radar screens were fully visible. I wish this could be better replicated... maybe with a bit brighter blue lighting... so that tourists could truly get a feel for how CEC looks while underway. It surprises me this hasn't already been implemented as it is so disconcerting to enter CEC today with bright stark white lighting ruining the amazing feel of the room as it actually was. Hopefully someone will suggest this change to help vastly improve the visiting experience for future tourists.

[@SamsonCheung]

Pride of US Navy. Legacy of American war indsutry.

[@L8Pilot]

Ryan, go to the Marine Officer quarters, check the vent shaft. If you find a bottle of Jack Daniel's, save me a swig. If its gone, the SOB didn't have the courtesy to replace it. You may also want to check the USMC 5" gun turrent

[@davidcouch6514]

My Dad traveled through Hiroshima and Nagasaki to join the Crew of the New Jersey when it replaced the Missouri after the Surrender Signing..

[@zoltans72]

Very nice presentation, hoping to visit the ship in person one day

[@jonathanpardoe8722]

The 4 battleships are I believe mothballed in preservation just in case they may be needed . Which means there is a good reason to suppose they will be needed again by the Navy

[@barneylinet6602]

Back in the early eighties, i had the priviliege of steaming in formation with the New Jersey, when she rejoined the Seventh Fleet for an exersize. She rides very low in the water, i was expecting massiveness. And while the little destroyer escort i was on was tossed about by the waves, the New Jersey was very steady, with the water moving around her..... A few years ago, i visited the Alabama, a South Dakota class BB maintained as a museum in Mobile. As i stood in the armored conning tower, looking over six sixteen inch barrels, i had the distinct feeling of strapping on an awesome weapon system or taking a boxing stance...... I knew what to do. Go Navy!!!!

[@cb2000a]

My wife and I toured the Missouri a few years ago. I remember when we were looking out from the ship just behind the conning tower and I said to her something like "I thought they refitted this ship for Tomahawk missiles". When we turned back to the ship after looking away from it we saw the Tomahawk painted on the side of the box. We got a good laugh out of that.

[@steeleslicer1217]

I was on a civilian manned oiler, USNS Truckee TAO-147 during the Beirut war in the 80's. When the New Jersey was sent over from the US, the Navy waived the requirement for maintaining minimum fuel levels so she could get there faster. We were ordered off station and headed for the Straits of Gilbraltar so she could get a full load of fuel. Very cool to watch her ramp up the engines and leave us in the dust when we were finished. Refueled her a bunch more times near Beruit, I have some awesome pictures of the approach, refueling and breakaway. Still have a ships ballcap that I traded for one of our ships Zippo lighters.

[@johnmanley7859]

I have visited the sister ship Iowa they are awesome please visit and support your local ship museums .

[@barbaraschenck7022]

James S Scott. not enough time spent down on Broadway. would love to see more of #4 fire room.

[@michaeldolch9126]

Thank you all for doing this!

[@derekmurray1462]

Absolutely fascinating! What a ship, I’d love to get a look around her

[@Masada1911]

I hope you get a chance sometime

[@marvwatkins7029]

Some may say renovate the weapons and aim them point blank at Camden. Urban renewal preparation?

[@MATTZLINDBERG]

I was at the Iowa in LA about 2 years ago and they are really a piece of art. Everything has a purpose. Looking at these videos makes me wonder if there's more available spaces in New Jersey than Iowa? HMS Belfast in London is, almost, all available Greetings from Sweden

[@patrickbrowne7191]

Wonderful presentation thank yoi

[@rogerdereske5923]

I took a tour with a shipmate of mine from another ship who was a former USS New Jersey crewmember from the Viet Nam Era. He was a Shipfitter first class while on board. We got the "Royal" treatment while on board and were allowed into several areas not on the normal tour. When someone asked if it were true that there was a swimming pool on board he stated, "l can verify that there was, 'cause l built it!"

[@indy_go_blue6048]

While I was stationed at Pearl in July or August '70 the Jersey came into port and I got to take a real tour of the old lady. She was quite impressive. I wonder if any YT posters were aboard at that time?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Would have been 69, most likely. By 70 she was in mothballs.

[@rogerjeffrey]

While stationed in Panama I rode the New Jersey through the Canal enroute to Vietnam.

[@robam3801]

great video love those Iowa class battleships

[@tomspaulding9555]

My dad served on board the New Jersey during WWII, he was an electrician's mate

[@johnfranklin1955]

Excellent video,...Good Job!👍

[@nathanokun8801]

Armor penetration: The 2700-pound 16: Mark 8 AP projectiles, especially last version used since 1944, the MOD 6, could penetrate at point-blank range a LOT MORE than 17" of Class "A" armor at right-angles. During tests of a captured Japanese 26" Vickers Hardened (VH) SHINANO (never-completed YAMATO Class battleship) main turret face plate, the plate was hit at right-angles twice by a 16" Mark 8 MOD 6 AP projectile. The first hit penetrated about 3/4ths of the plate and bounced off undamaged (except loss of its AP cap and windscreen, as expected), while the second shot at a slightly higher velocity punched entirely through again with no damage with some excess velocity. These two tests allowed the resistance of this armor to be determined accurately. Note that in both cases, the plate snapped in two at the impact point like a frozen Hershey chocolate bar, indicating some brittleness (the Japanese eventually figured out how to fix this in these very thick plates, but by then they were no longer building battleships, though other improvements in their armor heat treating processes gave very good results, better even than the best US Class "A" armor in some post-war US cruiser-scale impact tests of experimental Japanese armor of that thickness range -- there are very good reasons why the Japanese kicked the US manufacturing industry in the ass after WWII!) VH was a new-type of Japanese vertical armor for the YAMATO Class only, being essentially a somewhat-less-strong US Class "A" type armor with no thin carburized super-hard surface layer in front of the 35%-thickness, water-quench-hardened face layer, since the Japanese reasoned, correctly as it turned out, that such a thin layer would merely be destroyed instantly by a hard-capped AP projectile, such as the US 16" Mark 8 or their own Type 91 hard-capped AP design, used in all of their battleships in WWII, and thus was a waste of time and money to apply, though almost all other nations, including the US, continued to do this ("tradition", I would think).

[@MONKZZ18]

I was on this boat for a birthday present its awesome!!! I want to go again

[@cebusam7545]

Our ship was docked next to New Jersey, Long Beach , Ca. area. San Pedro. I was on USS Peliliu, LHA-5. 1984.

[@bobberger918]

I was on dd830 long Beach 70 72

[@cebusam7545]

@@bobberger918 I liked Long Beach, my grandma lived in Carson. I was stationed at Treasure Island in San Francisco, and could fly home to long Beach for $20 each way! Was 1983.

[@herrcobblermachen]

Super! I'd love to see more, an episode on propulsion, a day in the life of x, etc.

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

We post every day, come check it out!

[@douglasmacgregor3878]

That was great. I visited the ship about 10 years ago. If you get a chance go.

[@straitjacket8689]

Saw the Jersey fire when I was in Beruit also saw Bob Hope on her

[@us-unclesam6566]

Worked on Inner Bottom piping redo and #1 Pump Room and turret fire suppression system ( 1968 overhaul for Nam)

[@MililaniJag]

Got to see her when she visited Tacoma, Wa 1968-69. Thx!

[@michaelbridges1370]

From what I seen from different videos. It looks like the new jerseys. Is the. Best kept. Battle ship. On. Display.

[@bigbob1699]

Now that is HEAVY METAL !

[@peterburdick7408]

Why would anyone give this a thumbs down?

[@ClarkPerks]

There's always that one person in every crowd!

[@philnaegely]

@@johneasler9967 stop with the generalization and name calling.

[@CC-dq6ck]

or it was a bot since youtube automatically thumbs down sometimes on vidoes

[@whitewolf1298]

14:40 Not quite as bad as the battleship Richelieu, which could not fire its two forward turrets in a full broadside lest every window of the forward superstructure completely shatter, along with the glass on all the instrument gauges. But, really, could they not have come up with a caulking scheme similar to those on bombers where the concussive force would be absorbed by springs?

[@joey_556]

PRIDE OF OUR NATION! A BEAST MADE OF STEEL!

[@bfullwood48]

CREWMAN LOVE I LOVE EVERYTHING I LOVE THIS 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@dalewilson8476]

Boarded her in long beach CA prior to her trip to nam...pretty impressive

[@bobberger918]

I was on dd830 long Beach

[@thebuildingblob532]

I actually went there today but was only able to see it across the river

[@peterbrazier7107]

She was one of the best, the other was HMS Warspite. I thought USS Wyoming fired more shells than any other US warship. And didn't Broadway have an overhead rail to facilitate moving 16" shells between the forward and aft magazines?

[@Bulldog1653]

Yep. Still does. Look along the overhead in the center of the p-way

[@113HK]

Wonder how they’ll react once they find out she turned into a ship waifu.

[@apleb7605]

I mean they did throw a party for their first Anniversary on the Iowa.

[@ilikethermonuclearbomb8983]

i see you are a man of culture as well

[@idkwhattosayrlly2158]

@@ilikethermonuclearbomb8983 same

[@edwinalford3896]

She did good things for us (the Marines), while I was in Beirut..

[@NathanOkun]

NEW JERSEY was the first of the IOWA Class ships to be reactivated in the 1980s at San Pedro Naval Shipyard, in southern California (nopw closed). It was thus a test ship for the new equipment that was to be added to all four IOWAs when commissioned. As such there was a number of quasi-experimental work done on her to see what was the best way to do these upgrades. When the recommissioning was authorized by Congress, the head of the NEW JERSEY overhaul, Mr. Landgraff at SPNS, needed a lot of information concerning the ship immediately, such as her material condition when put into "mothballs" during her last Vietnam War service and so forth. One thing he needed was detailed information concerning the metallurgical data on all of the steels used in the ship, including the heavy armor, since he had to be able to cut holes in the armored deck to run various control and power cables for new electronic systems needed to make the ship viable in the fleet (new radios, weapons like the 20mm Phallanx CIWS mounts, and so forth). Getting this obsolete information through regular Navy channels (the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, which was the old Naval Proving Ground during WWII being a major potential source, though it now did not handle armor steels, so finding things might take time, and he had a tight schedule to meet. He had heard that I, a Computer Engineer working at NSWC, Port Hueneme Division (in Ventura, California, a few miles north of Los Angeles and San Pedro) was as a hobby, doing a thorough evaluation of armor and armor-piercing projectiles and had amassed a large database of information concerning these subjects for all nations since ironclad warships had come into existence, including a considerable number of documents and files on these topics from NSWC/DD, which I had worked at for `19 weeks a few years earlier when NSWC/PHD was taking over in-service ship support for the new digital versions of the TERRIER GMFCS in the late 1970s. He called me up and I gave him an inch-thick set of documents concerning all forma of steel used in the IOWA Class that had been written during WWII when those ships were being built. I have done a lot on these topics and I have a section on the website NAVWEAPS.COM where you can see most of what I have discovered about this major naval area of study. Particularly, study the flowcharts of the BASIC source code for my several computer programs to get very complete details -- BASIC is much like English in its format and one of the easiest computer languages to understand in existence (I did this on purpose); especially as I always write extremely detailed notes and comments in the code as I create it. As a reward, he gave me two personal guided tours of NEW JERSEY when it was in its original upgrade and a later overhaul -- Indiana Jones has nothing on me!! During the first tour, Mr. Landgraff showed me something that he was somewhat angry about, but which was extremely interesting to me and somewhat amusing (though not to him!). Eight foot-wide holed had to be drilled into the 6" (laminated 4.5" over 1.5" Special Treatment Steel) 2nd Deck armor for extensive cable runs. He had contracted a company with diamond circular saws who stated that they could do each hole in no more than 2-3 days, mostly due to the set-up time, not the cutting time. Then along comes "politics": The shipyard in-house machining division says to him "we don't need no stinking contactors" and states that they will cut the eight holes and they have his contract cancelled. So they do the holes and, in the end, barely finished them before the scheduled requirement day -- if they had failed, Mr. Landgraff would be left "holding the bag", not them, of course. Why was Mr. Landgraff so angry? He showed me what they were doing to cut those holes. He took me to a room on the 2nd Deck where one of the holes was being cur. Outside the door was a rack with heavy ear-protection headphones. We both put one on and he opened the door. Instantly an extremely loud, even with the headphones, screeching/screaming sound hit us and I saw what maw making it. braced to the walls, floor, and ceiling by steel supports was what looked exactly like King Kong's hand drill, pointing downward with its drill bit (a huge "boring bar" with a thick tungsten-carbide cutting "tooth" bit sticking out of its side at its far end) slicing ribbons of steel armor slowly as it rotated in the hole. Next to it was a man with an oil can who squirted oil onto the cutting bit every once in a while. I thought that he had to have done something really bad to have been sent into this room to work. To cut a foot-wide hole using this method required slicing out the ribbons of armor again and again, slowly widening the hole by at most one-quarter-inch thickness per pass and dozens of passes per each increment of the hole. Mr. Landgraff stated to me after we left that "sound Hell" that it took a week of non-stop 24-hour days per hole using the boring bar method (see KZbin videos of this kind of work at, say, "Abom79" channel, if you are interested). I could see why he was not a fan of this kind of boring bar work when better methods were available. A learning experience!

[@danaralston6688]

I notice the compartment numbers use both the old and new system, such as at 26:33. Was it like that during her last active period, or were the older compartment numbers added below the current nomenclature of compartment number/frames/responsible division so older veterans would be able to recognize the spaces?

[@BattleshipNewJersey]

Check this video out for more info on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGa7o5SKd5iUkJo

[@spaghetti9845]

my father was on this ship during vietnam as a hospital corpsman.