Calendar
The Battleship New Jersey hosts many private and public events on the ship.
Check out what public events are coming up on our calendar.
New Year’s Eve 6pm Fireworks, presented by Comcast Military
Watch fireworks over the Delaware River from the historic deck of the Battleship New Jersey! Enjoy music, food concessions, a cash bar for adults, and have the chance to fire a Gun Salute. Proceeds go to the on-going restoration of the Battleship, a non-profit museum and memorial. Tickets are a $10 donation for the general session for both the 6pm and Midnight fireworks shows. The Battleship will open her decks two hours prior to each show.
- $10.00 Parking
- NO chairs, food, or alcohol can be brought aboard
- Tours are not part of the fireworks shows
- Members: Register or sign-in above to receive your free tickets.
New Year’s Eve Fireworks, presented by Comcast Military
Watch fireworks over the Delaware River from the historic deck of the Battleship New Jersey! Enjoy music, food concessions, a cash bar for adults, and have the chance to fire a Gun Salute. Proceeds go to the on-going restoration of the Battleship, a non-profit museum and memorial. Tickets are a $10 donation for the general session for both the 6pm and Midnight fireworks shows. The Battleship will open her decks two hours prior to each show.
- $10.00 Parking
- NO chairs, food, or alcohol can be brought aboard
- Tours are not part of the fireworks shows
- Members: Register or sign-in above to receive your free tickets.
TWILIGHT ADULT TOUR
Experience an “adult-oriented” tour during the evening hours! This tour, led by the Battleship’s Curatorial team, will show off Sailor Art and allow guests to experience a range of stories, including the Playboy Bunny’s visit to the USS New Jersey. Guests can enjoy a cold beer, glass of wine or a soft drink after the tour on the Main Deck!
- Members: Register then sign-in above and you will see your discount in the cart at checkout.
- YOU MUST BE OVER 21 YEARS OLD
Admission is $40
$20 for Battleship NJ Members
For tickets, call 866-877-6262 x108 or click: https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/visit/purchase-tickets/
Student Day: Guns, Engines, and Armor
A special day of education for students and their parents aboard the ship. Students and their parents can experience a guided tour of the Battleship and a classroom-style lesson. Join battleship educators on a tour into the ship’s armored citadel and see one of the ship’s engine rooms and gun turrets while learning about the key components of a battleship. This program culminates in the chance to design tour own battleship using math! Admission to this program includes admission to the battleships Model Con event on board to see different ship models built and then brought to the ship for this special event. Student Day is a monthly program designed for school-aged children and their adults to learn the science and engineering behind the ship. Every month has a unique tour and hands-on class.
For tickets, call 866-877-6262 x108
Free Class on USS Mason
School classes that schedule a guided tour of the Battleship in January or February can get a free onboard class on the USS Mason, a predominantly African-American crew and a historic example of integration by the Navy.
To reserve your group tour and class, call 866-877-6262 x144 or email groups@battleshipnewjersey.org
The Battleship will be open for self-guided, walk-up tours on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16 from 10am to 4pm.
Climb inside the massive 16-inch gun turret, experience this floating city at sea, earn how captains and crew lived aboard the ship and more.
The Battleship will also offer a guided tour at 12pm. Purchase your ticket online at www.battleshipnewjersey.org/purchase
EVENING TURRET II TOUR
Join a knowledgeable tour guide in a 90-minute, family friendly, walking tour that takes guests through the five stories of one of Battleship New Jersey’s massive 16″ gun turrets. Visitors will get to stand in the armored gun house where the gun captain oversaw reloading procedures, explore the magazines where 1-ton shells and thousands of powder bags were stored, and pull the triggers in the plotting room where primitive but effective computers aimed the guns over the horizon. This fun for all ages experience includes many hands-on elements that let’s guests see and feel what it was like for a World War II crew member to fire the ship’s guns.
$30 donation per person.
Members: Register or sign-in above to receive your discounts.
Click below to purchase online:
Turret II Tour
Or call 866-877-6262 x108
EVENING ENGINE ROOM GUIDED TOUR
Descend into the armored citadel of the ship for a 90-minute, family friendly, guided, walking tour of the most powerful engineering plant ever installed on a battleship. Learn how steam powered engines moved the massive ship at record breaking speeds and see the spaces crew members worked in. This hands-on walking tour is fun for all ages and allows guests to climb down seven stories into a fire room to see the huge boilers, an engine room to see the turbines and throttle wheels, and a one of the ship’s many steering positions.
$30 donation per adults.
Members: Register or sign-in above to receive your discounts.
For tickets, call 866-877-6262 x108.
Historian, engineer, and YouTube presenter, Drachinifel, will be on board the Battleship New Jersey to meet fans from 10am to 11am on Saturday, February 11.
A native of Great Britain, this will be his second time aboard the Battleship. Drach hosts the most successful naval history channel on YouTube. He puts out multiple video documentaries every week from five-minute warship guides to full-length, in-depth dives into particular topics for his 400,000 subscribers.
The meet-and-greet with Drachinifel is free with the purchase of a tour ticket to the Battleship.
The Battleship New Jersey and the Independence Seaport Museum will kick-off a year-long lecture series with a special round table presentation aboard the Battleship on Feb. 11 at 7pm in the Officers’ Wardroom.
YouTube influcencer Drachinifel, USS Salem volunteer Dr. Scholes and Battleship Curator Ryan Szimanski will lead discussions on these topics:
- How the last Allied battleship designed compared, specifically looking at USS New Jersey and HMS Vanguard.
- What if the USS Salem (CA 139) played Graf Spee in the movie, “Pursuit of the Graf Spee,” in the UK, “Battle of the River Plate.”
- How and why the HMS Hood was destroyed, further advances on timing and methodology.
- Why advanced radar made very long range ship to ship gunnery practical in the latter part of WWII and after.
- And more!
Light snacks and beverages will be available for purchase.
Tickets are a $100 donation. To purchase tickets, visit https://63691.blackbaudhosting.com/63691/BNJ-and-ISM-Lecture-Series
The Battleship offers specific days for home school groups to experience a tour of the World’s Greatest Battleship. The next scheduled Home School Day is April 22.
Home School groups can also schedule a tour any day and time — just like a school group. For just $12 per person, our tour guides will lead your group through the Battleship. We can also add on classes, lunches and all the options available to school groups.
To schedule a home school group tour of the Battleship, email groups@battleshipnewjersey.org or call 866-877-6262 ext. 144.
Join the museum’s curator, Ryan Szimanski, and other Battleship experts on Saturday, Feb. 18 for a day-long class on what it was like to serve on an American battleship.
Battleship University is fun and educational experience, which will include eight hours of walking tours of different parts of the ship and classroom programs, including spaces only the curator can take you to. From learning how the gun crew manned the 16-inch guns to firing a 5-inch gun and walking through the engineering plant with a Navy trained Boiler Technician, to a class on how to identify different types of World War II and modern warships, this is the most in-depth tour of an Iowa-class battleship you can get.
The price is a $350 donation per person.
This is a members-only program and has a limited capacity. Members will receive an email with a link to the registration page with more details and a code that will allow you to sign up. Not a member yet? Visit www.battleshipnewjersey.org/membership to join.
Experience an “adult-oriented” tour during the evening hours! This adult tour, led by a member of our curatorial team, will take guests through rarely seen parts of the ship and will showcase the more mature sailor art created over the years, as well as share some adult stories. Guests can enjoy a cold beer, glass of wine or a soft drink after the tour on the Main Deck! Must be over 21 years old.
Admission is $40, $20 for Battleship NJ Members
For tickets, call 866-877-6262 x108 or click: https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/visit/purchase-tickets/