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USS New Jersey armor citadel

A view of the hatch and armor citadel of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB 62). The armor protecting the pilot house is more than 17 inches thick at this point. The NEW JERSEY is being towed from Bremerton, Washington, to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, where it will undergo reactivation/moderization construction

A view of the Mark 7 16-inch/50-cal. gun turret on the forward deck of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). The NEW JERSEY is in dry dock being overhauled and refitted for reactivation

Aerial port quarter view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) underway. The NEW JERSEY is part of a task group (visible in the background) underway off the coast of California

A starboard beam view of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62) firing its 16-inch/50-caliber guns. A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter is in flight in the foreground. The NEW JERSEY has recently been renovated and modernized and is undergoing sea trials prior to its scheduled reactivation in January 1983

Aerial port quarter view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). The NEW JERSEY is part of a task group (visible in the background) underway off the coast of California

An aerial port bow view of the USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), during the launching of a Tomahawk missile from one of the eight armored box launchers aboard the battleship. The NEW JERSEY is underway off the coast of Southern California, from where the missile will travel approximately 500 miles to it's target at the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

The large harbor tug USS SACO (YTB 796) and several commerial tugs tow the battleship MISSOURI (BB 63) to Long Beach Naval Shipyard, where it will undergo reactivation/modernization construction. Note the "igloos" used to protect the 40 mm gun mounts while the ship was in reserve. Visible in the background are the USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) and the USS PELELIU (LHA 5)

A barge maneuvers against the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62) as the ship clears a drydock here. The NEW JERSEY has been in storage for 12 years and is being refitted for active service

A view of the hatch and armor citadel of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB 62). The armor protecting the pilot house is more than 17 inches thick at this point. The NEW JERSEY is being towed from Bremerton, Washington, to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, where it will undergo reactivation/moderization construction

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Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David C. Maclean

Release Status: Released to Public

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01/07/1981
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view hatch armor citadel armor citadel battleship pilot house pilot house point new jersey bremerton washington long beach naval shipyard long beach naval shipyard california reactivation moderization construction pacific ocean high resolution battleship new jersey moderization construction ph 1 david us national archives