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The Battleship New Jersey hosts many private and public events on the ship.
Check out what public events are coming up on our calendar.
Sink some for the Battleship! Our annual golf tournament will take place on Monday, Sept. 25 at Pennsauken Country Club, Pennsauken, NJ. Cocktails, dinner and great prizes. There will once again be a morning session and an afternoon session. Greens fee is a $185 donation per golfer. Partnerships, including hole sponsorships and banners, are available.
For more information, call 866-877-6262 ext. 144 or email groups@battleshipnewjersey.org.
Since the Battleship New Jersey will be closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus, the annual Vietnam War Living History Day, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 4, has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event for later this year. However, that will depend on how long this crisis continues.
In the meantime, please stay inside and be safe.
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.
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.
Join our curator for a special guided tour of the ship focusing on the core components of a battleship: guns, engines, and armor.
Guests will go through the ship’s 6in armored deck into the citadel that protects the most essential components of the ship.
Once inside the citadel, guests will see one of the ships 4 engine and boiler rooms that made this the fastest battleship ever built.
Guests will also see the inside of a 16in gun turret and the Mk 1A electro-mechanical analog computer that fired these guns over the ship’s fifty years of service.
Buy Tickets Jan. 15, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Buy Tickets Jan. 22, 2021 at 6:00 PM
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.
Join our curator for a special guided tour of the ship focusing on the core components of a battleship: guns, engines, and armor.
Guests will go through the ship’s 6in armored deck into the citadel that protects the most essential components of the ship.
Once inside the citadel, guests will see one of the ships 4 engine and boiler rooms that made this the fastest battleship ever built.
Guests will also see the inside of a 16in gun turret and the Mk 1A electro-mechanical analog computer that fired these guns over the ship’s fifty years of service.
Buy Tickets Jan. 15, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Buy Tickets Jan. 22, 2021 at 6:00 PM
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.
Join our curator for a special guided tour of the ship focusing on the battle of Truk Lagoon.
On February 16, 1944, at 1547, USS New Jersey opened fire opened fire with her main battery on an enemy ship.
Guests will go through the ship’s 6in armored deck into the citadel that protects the most essential components of the ship. Once inside the citadel, guests will see the inside of a 16in gun turret and the Mk 8 electro-mechanical analog computer that fired these guns over the ship’s fifty years of service. Guests will also take a look into the rarely seen gun director that helped aim these guns.
Buy Tickets Feb. 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM – Rescheduled to Feb. 26, 2021
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.
Join our curator for a special guided tour of the ship focusing on the battle of Truk Lagoon.
On February 16, 1944, at 1547, USS New Jersey opened fire opened fire with her main battery on an enemy ship.
Guests will go through the ship’s 6in armored deck into the citadel that protects the most essential components of the ship. Once inside the citadel, guests will see the inside of a 16in gun turret and the Mk 8 electro-mechanical analog computer that fired these guns over the ship’s fifty years of service. Guests will also take a look into the rarely seen gun director that helped aim these guns.
Buy Tickets Feb. 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM – Rescheduled to Feb. 26, 2021
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.
Join our curator for a special guided tour of the ship focusing on the technological changes to the ship over time.
Guests will go see some of the ship’s original Anti-aircraft weaponry as well as the more modern anti-missile technology. From the Combat Information Center where the ship found its targets for the 16in guns to the Combat Engagement Center added in the 1980s for missiles, guests will see what additions were made to the ship over her 50 year history to keep the ship in fighting condition.
Buy Tickets March 12, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Buy Tickets March 26, 2021 at 6:00 PM
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.
Join our curator for a special guided tour of the ship focusing on the technological changes to the ship over time.
Guests will go see some of the ship’s original Anti-aircraft weaponry as well as the more modern anti-missile technology. From the Combat Information Center where the ship found its targets for the 16in guns to the Combat Engagement Center added in the 1980s for missiles, guests will see what additions were made to the ship over her 50 year history to keep the ship in fighting condition.
Buy Tickets March 12, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Buy Tickets March 26, 2021 at 6:00 PM
You will be redirected to our secure ticket processing site with Blackbaud.