Join Me To Tour US Navy World War II To Vietnam Battleship USS New Jersey, Museum & Memorial Pt 06

Join me to tour the US Navy's World War II To Vietnam Battleship US S New Jersey, Museum & Memorial.  Then check out my tour on the US Navy's World War II Battleship USS North Carolina.    Go with me inside the massive 16 inch gun turret and as I explore parts of the mighty battleship.  

This is part 5 of a 7 part series on the USS New Jersey.  We will go into the Officer's Ward Room and Explore Admiral Halsey's Theaters.  In his theater they go into great video, audio and story board features on the life of Admiral Halsey.

Admiral Halsey was the next to last man to be awarded his fifth star that made Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr.  Only 9 men were ever awarded the 5th star during World War II.  Four of those were in the US Navy and Five men in the US Army.  From there we will explore the area dedicated to the Chief Petty Officer's history in the United States Navy.  

Check out the Captain's & Admiral's cabin, go inside a 5" dual purpose gun, examine the Harpoon & Tomahawk missiles.  We start our tour on the quarterdeck, going forward as far as we can on the bow down inside the ship.  Into the anchor windlass room, going through crews berthing areas where you can sleep over on the Battleship US S New Jersey.   Exploring Admiral's Halsey's theater and tribute section.   Then we will check out the Mk 28 Chaffroc chaff rocket launchers that were added in the 1980's

I made a road trip to visit the USS New Jersey BB-62, Museum & Memorial in Camden, NJ.  On this trip I delivered a large museum quality model of the battleship USS California BB-44.  There are 7 parts to this video & I will upload them in order.  Working our way up and through the massive bridge works of the battleship.  Our tour will take us into many compartments and areas.  Ending up at the fantail of the mighty battleship.  As we leave we will go out along the starboard side so that you can see where the many volunteers are hard at work replacing the teak wood decks.  Both side of the battleship are closed off to the public right now until they can replace the teak wood decks.   There is so much to see that you need more than just one day onboard the battleship USS New Jersey.

This long with other items was a gift/donation that I wanted to make to support the USS New Jersey BB-62, Museum & Memorial.   On my 2nd day of the trip I made it to Camden, NJ just before 10am.   I made contact with the curator of exhibits, Aliana Noland.   Thankfully they had a elevator which made it easier to bring the model and other items onboard.

Later as I was taking myself on a self guided tour I met Ryan Szimanski Curator, Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62, Museum & Memorial.  This is the 2nd Iowa Class battleship that I have taken a tour on and so far one of the best US warships to tour.   The first one was the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, VA back in 2015.   She is still in much of her World War II configuration like the North Carolina & Alabama battleships.    The New Jersey went through a great deal of Modernization in the 1980's to include the Phalanx, Close-In, Weapon System, Tomahawk & Harpoon, Missiles.   There is much more open to see on the New Jersey than was open on the USS Wisconsin when I visited her in 2015.

Sleep over on Battleship New Jersey.   They offer a program where you may spend the night onboard the ship.  I believe this was suspended due to the Covid-19 virus, but will start back up soon.   Use the link below to contact the ship if your are interested in sleeping onboard a real US battleship~!

There are 4 tours available to do on the New Jersey.   You have color coded lines on the deck to follow the tour on your own or you can take a guided tour.   I spent 3-4 hours doing one tour and did not finish it.   I ran into a problem with my camera in running out of memory and battery life.   I had do spend a 1/2 hour in my SUV, transferring video/photos to my laptop & recharging my camera battery.  If you really want to see everything on this ship I would advise that you give yourself a couple days to do so.

Be prepared for a good bit of walking when you tour the battleship.   There are 4 color arrow tours painted on the decks.   I did just one tour, but did not finish the entire tour because of camera issues.

I hope that you enjoy this video and check out my other videos that I will be doing.   Please check out my playlist for a wide variety of topics that I cover.   Including my own cooking recipes, my own travel videos, military museums, cigars, whiskey and much more.   At times I roll my own cigars and buy the tobacco wholesale online.    While in Camden I found a great local place to eat.   The Cherry Hill Diner.   Absolutely fantastic food, prices and people.

Enjoy and I do hope you have lots of fun~!