Milestone Dates
Battleship New Jersey Milestone Dates:
| 1940 - September 16:
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Keel Laid at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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| 1942 - December 7:
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Launched
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| 1943 - May 23:
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Commissioned for service in World War II
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| 1948 - June 30:
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Decommissioned
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| 1950 - November 21:
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Recommissioned for service in Korea
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| 1957 - August 21:
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Decommissioned
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| 1967 - 1968:
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Reactivated & modernized at Philadelphia Shipyard
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| 1968 - April 6:
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Recommissioned for service in Vietnam
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| 1969 - December 17:
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Decommissioned
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| 1981 - 1982:
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Reactivated & modernized at Long Beach Shipyard
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| 1982 - December 28:
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Recommissioned for service as part of President Reagan's 600 ship Navy
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| 1991 - February 8:
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Decommissioned
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| 1999 - January 4:
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Classed as Category X, ready for donation
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| 1999 - September 12:
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Begins Final Voyage home to NEW JERSEY
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| 1999 - November 11:
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Arrives at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for restoration as a museum
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| 2001 - October 15:
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Arrives at her final destination on the Camden Waterfront in New Jersey, and opens to the public for tours.
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