USS NEW JERSEY was the second of the four IOWA class battleships and throughout her long life she was commissioned for 257 months. NEW JERSEY was the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. (http://navysite.de/bb/bb62.htm) General Characteristics: Launched: December 7, 1942 Commissioned: May 23, 1943 Decommissioned: June 30, 1948 Second commissioning: November 21, 1950 Second decommissioning: August 21, 1957 Third commissioning: April 8, 1968 Third decommissioning: November 17, 1969 Fourth commissioning: December 28, 1982 Fourth decommissioning: February 8, 1991 Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA Propulsion system: eight boilers, four geared turbines Propellers: four Length: 889 feet (271 meters) Beam: 108 feet (32.9 meters) Draft: 35,7 feet (10.9 meters) Displacement: Light: approx. 46,000 tons Displacement: Full: approx. 57,000 tons Speed: 35 knots Aircraft: no hangar, but parking area for four SH-3 or four SH-60 Crew 1982 - 1991: 65 officers and 1,501 enlisted WWII Crew: 134 officers and 2,400 enlisted Last armament: eight armored box launchers for Tomahawk, four Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, nine 16-inch / 50 caliber guns, twelve 5-inch / 38 caliber guns, four 20mm Phalanx CIWS