Milestone Dates

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Battleship New Jersey Milestone Dates:

 

1940 - September 16:

 

Keel Laid at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

 

1942 - December 7:

 

Launched

 

1943 - May 23:

 

Commissioned for service in World War II

 

1948 - June 30:

 

Decommissioned

 

1950 - November 21:

 

Recommissioned for service in Korea

 

1957 - August 21:

 

Decommissioned

 

1967 - 1968:

 

Reactivated & modernized at Philadelphia Shipyard

 

1968 - April 6:

 

Recommissioned for service in Vietnam

 

1969 - December 17:

 

Decommissioned

 

1981 - 1982:

 

Reactivated & modernized at Long Beach Shipyard

 

1982 - December 28:

 

Recommissioned for service as part of President Reagan's 600 ship Navy

 

1991 - February 8:

 

Decommissioned

 

1999 - January 4:

 

Classed as Category X, ready for donation

 

1999 - September 12:

 

Begins Final Voyage home to NEW JERSEY

 

1999 - November 11:

 

Arrives at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for restoration as a museum

 

2001 - October 15:

 

Arrives at her final destination on the Camden Waterfront in New Jersey, and opens to the public for tours.