NEW JERSEY BB 62

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Iowa Class Battleship
    Keel Laid 16 September 1940 - Launched 7 December 1942

  1. USS NEW JERSEY BB-62
    2. Commissioned 23 May 1943 - Decommissioned 30 May 1948
    Recommissioned 21 November 1950 - Decommissioned 21 August 1957
    Recommissioned 6 April 1968 - Decommissioned 17 December 1969
    Recommissioned 28 December 1982 - Decommissioned 9 February 1991

    Struck from Naval Register 12 January 1995
    Reinstated on Naval Register in reserve 12 February 1998
    Stricken for preservation in New Jersey 4 January 1999

    Dedicated as a Museum Ship in Camden, New Jersey 15 October 2001


Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. USS New Jersey BB-62 Pictorial & Museum Ship Postmarks     (1991-2009)
  2. USS New Jersey BB-62 Covers Page 1    (1943-1974)
  3. USS New Jersey BB-62 Covers Page 2    (1975-2009)
  4. USS New Jersey BB-62 Covers Page 3 (The 11-Month Deployment)    (1983-1984)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date		 Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


Post Office Established 23 May 1943 - Disestablished 28 May 1948


 

Locy Type
FDC 2z*
(unlisted)

1943-05-23

First Day of Commissioning, Censored. "DUSNIP" on back


 

Locy Type
FDC 9efu
(unlisted)

1943-05-23

First Day of Commissioning, Censored. "DUSNIP" on back


 

Locy Type
FDC SL
(unlisted)

1943-05-23

First Day of Commissioning, Censored. "DUSNIP" on back


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-08-06

Cachet by Arthur A. Christensen


 

Locy Type
2tnu

1947-11-18

Note:


 

Locy Type 2z

1945-05-11

Censored, WWII use


 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-10-26

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efu

1943-10-12

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-8e

1946-10-27

Possible fake marking as USS PROVIDENCE CL-82 mark is fake


 

Locy Type
Pz

"TOKYO /
BAY /
JAPAN"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-8c

1945-12-02

Tokyo Bay Strike


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2tnu

1948-05-28

Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Cachet Correspondence Club (CCC)


Post Office Reestablished 30 November 1950 - Disestablished 10 July 1957


 

Locy Type
FDPS 2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-8a

1950-12-06

First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9efu

1950-12-06

First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type 2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-8a

1951-10-12

Columbus Day


 

Locy Type 2

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. N-8b

1954-10-27

Note:


 

Locy Type 7

1952-05-10

Cachet states "First Day of Use Machine Cancel"


 

Locy Type
9efu

1953-06-07

Photo cachet by William T. (Duke) Gmahle


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2

1957-07-10

Last Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.


Post Office Reestablished 6 April 1968 - Disestablished 15 October 1969


 

Locy Type
FDPS 2(n+)

1968-04-06

Cacheted, First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1968-05-06

Add-on cachet by Louis C. Bakula


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1968-09-10

Port visit to Hawaii, enroute to Vietnam. Cachet by Harold H. Y. Chang


 

Locy Type
7t(n+)y ("96601")

1969-10-15

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n+)(USS)

1969-10-15

Last Day of Postal Service, official ship's cachet.


 

Locy Type
LDPS 7t(n+)y ("96601")

1969-10-15

Last Day of Postal Service, add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.


Post Office Established 12 November 1981 - Disestablished 25 January 1991


 

Locy Type
FDC 2-1(n) (USN,USS)

1982-12-28

First Day of 4th Commissioning, cachet by Stanley V. Kibbett.


 

Locy Type
2-1(n) (USS,USN)

1983-07-04

Independence Day, ship's cachet.


 

Locy Type
2-1(n) (USS,USN)


USS Iowa BB-61
USS Missouri BB-63
USS New Jersey BB-62

1984-06-13

Unique 3 Battleship cover, created by Tom Armstrong


 

Locy Type
2-1n (USS,USN)

(1986)

1987-09-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u) (USS)

1989-08-03

Note:


 

Locy Type
Meter OFR1
(#520055) ZIP 96688

1990-07-31

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2-1n (D1,USS,USN)

1991-01-25

Last Day of Postal Service


 

Locy Type
LDC 2-1n (D1,USN,USS)

1991-02-08

Last Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
LDC 9-1nu (USN,USS)

1991-02-08

Unlisted as Last Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
LDC 9-1(n+u) (USS)

1991-02-08

Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

USS NEW JERSEY earned the Combat Action Ribbon w/ 1 star, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 1 star, the Navy "E" Ribbon w/ 2 Battle E's, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ nine Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 2 stars, the Korean Service Medal w/ four Battle stars, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ two Campaign stars, the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 3 stars, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Medal, the Philippine Liberation Medal w/ 2 stars, the United Nations Korea Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of New Jersey.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Carolyn Edison, wife of the Governor of New Jersey, Charles Edison.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name NEW JERSEY - USS New Jersey BB-16, USS New Jersey BB-62 and USS New Jersey SSN-796

 

 

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