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.
The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial will remember our military heroes who gave
the ultimate sacrifice for our nation with a Facebook Live ceremony on Memorial Day, Monday,
May 25 at 10am.
The Memorial Day ceremony will feature an overview on the history and significance of Memorial
Day by Battleship Curator, Ryan Szimanski, and a talk on what Memorial Day means by Army
veteran and Director of Accounting for the Battleship, Mike Hayes. The ceremony will end with
the casting of a memorial wreath onto the Delaware River.
Since the Battleship remains closed for tours due to the coronavirus, the ceremony will be shown
on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/BattleshipNJ
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Bring Dad aboard our nation’s most decorated and largest battleship for Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21!
The Battleship New Jersey is offering the Hit the Deck exterior tour. This tour features the 16-inch gun turret, tomahawk missile launch boxes, Seasprite helicopters, some great views of the Philly skyline and more! Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under, seniors and veterans. All ticket purchases go to the on-going restoration and maintenance of the Battleship, a non-profit museum and memorial. Tickets can be purchased online at www.battleshipnewjersey.org/visit. Tickets are also available in the Ticket Office in the Visitors Center.
The Battleshop gift shop is also available and offers USS New Jersey hats, t-shirts, long-sleeve shirts and more! The Battleshop is open every day from 10am to 5pm in the Visitors Center.
Free parking along Clinton Street!
Please note for for public safety, all guests must pass a health screening, wear a face covering at all times and practice social distancing of one fathom — six feet — when aboard the ship, in the Visitors Center and on the pier.
The Battleship’s signature tour — the Fire Power Tour — is back! The Fire Power self-guided tour will re-open for guests on Thursday, July 2,
Guests can experience the interior spaces of the Battleship again! Track a tomahawk missile in the Combat Engagement Center, look in at the engine rooms along Broadway, check out artifacts in the Exhibit area, climb into a bunk to learn what life was like aboard this floating city, and more! Tours will still include the exterior decks, with highlights like the 16-inch gun turret, the tomahawk missile launch boxes, the Seasprite helicopter and more. The interior of the Battleship is air conditioned and with the nice breezes off the Delaware River when you are outside on the exterior decks, the Battleship is a cool experience!
The Fire Power self-guided tour will be a timed tour to promote distance between guests touring the ship. All guests still must pass a health screening, which includes a contactless thermometer temperature check, in the Visitors Center before purchasing or redeeming their ticket. All guests must wear a face covering and practice social distancing of one fathom — six feet — in the Visitors Center and while touring the Battleship. The tour route of the Battleship, along with the Visitors Center, will be continuously cleaned and disinfected by the Battleship’s housekeeping personnel.
Fire Power self-guided tours will be available every day, beginning Thursday, July 2, from 10am with the last tour launching at 4pm.
We recommend purchasing tickets in advance on our website at https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/visit/purchase-tickets/ Tickets can be purchased the day of your tour at the Ticket Office inside the Battleship’s Visitors Center.
As our gift for your patience during the quarantine, free parking is available along Clinton St. (GPS: 100 Clinton St., Camden, NJ) and in the Marina Parking lot.
If you have questions, please call 866-877-6262 ext. 108 daily from 10am to 4pm.
On Saturday, August 1 on the hour from 11am to 3pm, a guest touring the Battleship will win the chance to pull the trigger of the portside saluting gun and render a salute to our great nation! We’ll announce the winner’s name over our 1MC (PA) system throughout the day. .
Or for a $50 donation, we’ll let you pull the trigger for your own salute whatever time you want on August 1.
The Battleship is open for tours from 10am to 3pm every day. Free parking along Clinton St.
Tickets can be purchased in advance: TICKETS
or you can purchase at our Ticket Office inside the Visitors Center upon arrival.
Celebrate Victory in WWII with artifacts and re-enactors aboard our nation’s most decorated battleship on Saturday, Aug. 15, 10am to 3pm.
WWII re-enactors and artifacts will be on display in the Officers’ Wardroom, Admiral’s and Captain’s Cabins and in the Crew’s Mess. All WWII activities are along the Fire Power self-guided tour tour and can be experienced with the purchase of a tour.
Unfortunately, the Japanese Zero replica plane “attack” has been cancelled. But the Battleship will still fire her 5-inch gun and Quad 40 guns at 12pm on Saturday. In fact, a lucky guests touring the Battleship will be randomly chosen the fire the 5-inch gun! We’ll also fire the saluting gun throughout the day for a $50 donation!
Free parking is available along Clinton St. (for GPS, use the address of 100 Clinton St., Camden, NJ)
Celebrate Victory in WWII aboard the Big J!
The Battleship will re-open with a bang! The ship will randomly select guests on Saturday, Oct. 3, to pull the trigger and fire the portside saluting gun. Gun shoots will take place at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Guests can also fire the gun any time for a $50 donation on Saturday.
The Battleship will be open for tours on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm through the end of the year. The ship will re-open this Saturday, Oct. 3.
Experience a Fire Power tour of our nation’s most decorated battleship. Climb inside a 16-inch gun turret, track a tomahawk missile launch in the Combat Engagement Center, walk down Broadway and more! $24.99 for adults and $19.95 for veterans, seniors and children 12 and under.
Get a free tour with the purchase of an adult tour when you bring an item in to donate to our troops overseas! Items can be dropped off in the Battleship’s Visitors Center. The Military Support Group of NJ Inc. (MSGNJ), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, will package and ship all items to our troops. Items needed can be found on the Battleship’s website at
https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/help-our-troops-and-get-a-free-tour-of-the-battleship/ .
Bring in an item below and the Military Support Group of NJ, a non-profit organization, will collect the items, put them into care packages and send them to our military personnel overseas.
Plus, we’ll give all donors a coupon for a free tour of the Battleship with the purchase of an adult tour!
Items needed for our troops are:
Almonds (small packages),
Beef Jerky (small packages)
Cashews (small packages)
Chapstick
Coffee,
Tea Bags (very small boxes)
Comics from Sunday Newspapers
Cookies (small packages)
Crackers (small packages)
Crossword or Sudoku Puzzle Books
Flip Flops for the shower (large sizes for men)
Granola or Power Bars
Gum
Hard Candy
Individual drink mixes (dry Gatorade, Kool Aid, Tea/with sugar)
Mixed Nuts
New Magazines
Peanutbutter Cracker packs
Peanuts
Pens & Pencils
Pepperoni stick
Slim Jims
Sunflower Seeds & Nuts Trail Mix
Uno, Yatzee, other small games
White Cotton Socks, boot style /calf size not crew or ankle socks
All items should be in the store packaging, not loose.
Items can be dropped off in the containing in the Battleship’s Visitors Center on Saturdays and Sundays through the end of the year during the hours of 11am to 3pm .
Thank you for your support!
Dare to tour the Battleship New Jersey at night?
Adults can learn about the mature-side of the Battleship with this Curator-led tour of the dark Battleship! All guests will receive a complimentary flashlight to help guide them through the ship as they check out sailor art and hear adult tales.
Guided Moonlight Tours of the World’s Greatest Battleship will launch at 6pm on:
Tickets are $30 per person and only $15 for Battleship members. Limit 10 tickets per tour group.
- All guests must pass a health screening that includes a contactless temperature check, wear a face covering and practice social distancing of six feet at all times.
- Tours of the Battleship during the day are available Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm.
Dare to tour the Battleship New Jersey at night?
Adults can learn about the mature-side of the Battleship with this Curator-led tour of the dark Battleship! All guests will receive a complimentary flashlight to help guide them through the ship as they check out sailor art and hear adult tales.
Guided Moonlight Tours of the World’s Greatest Battleship will launch at 6pm on:
Tickets are $30 per person and only $15 for Battleship members. Limit 10 tickets per tour group.
- All guests must pass a health screening that includes a contactless temperature check, wear a face covering and practice social distancing of six feet at all times.
- Tours of the Battleship during the day are available Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm.
Dare to tour the Battleship New Jersey at night?
Adults can learn about the mature-side of the Battleship with this Curator-led tour of the dark Battleship! All guests will receive a complimentary flashlight to help guide them through the ship as they check out sailor art and hear adult tales.
Guided Moonlight Tours of the World’s Greatest Battleship will launch at 6pm on:
Tickets are $30 per person and only $15 for Battleship members. Limit 10 tickets per tour group.
- All guests must pass a health screening that includes a contactless temperature check, wear a face covering and practice social distancing of six feet at all times.
- Tours of the Battleship during the day are available Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm.
Dare to tour the Battleship New Jersey at night?
Adults can learn about the mature-side of the Battleship with this Curator-led tour of the dark Battleship! All guests will receive a complimentary flashlight to help guide them through the ship as they check out sailor art and hear adult tales.
Guided Moonlight Tours of the World’s Greatest Battleship will launch at 6pm on:
Tickets are $30 per person and only $15 for Battleship members. Limit 10 tickets per tour group.
- All guests must pass a health screening that includes a contactless temperature check, wear a face covering and practice social distancing of six feet at all times.
- Tours of the Battleship during the day are available Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm.
The Battleship will honor our veterans with a ceremony on the forecastle (forward deck) at 11am on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
The ceremony will begin with a fly over by the New Jersey State Police helicopter and the playing of TAPs on bugle by volunteer Nan LaCorte as part of the Society of the Honor Guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (SHGTUS) Centennial Committee’s National Salute on Veterans Day at 11am. Battleship veterans and other VIPs will also make remarks during this free ceremony.
The ceremony will be shown on Facebook Live — www.facebook.com/battleshipnj
Experience an “adult-oriented” tour during the evening hours!
On Friday, Nov. 20, at 6 pm, this adult tour, led by the Battleship’s Curator, will take guests off the public tour route and will showcase the more mature sailor art created over the years, as well as share some adult stories.
Tickets are a $30 Donation per adult (over the age of 21)
$15 for Battleship Members
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.