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Tamiya 78028 1/350 USS New Jersey BB-62 (1982)

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CodeTAM-78028
Availability[In Stock]
Weight1.4 kg
U.S. Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 (1982)
  • World War Two, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanese Civil War (1983–1984)
  • U.S. Navy
  • 1st commissioned: 23 May 1943
  • final decommissioned: 8 February 1991 -->  museum ship in Camden, New Jersey
  • BB-62 New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship
  • During World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall Islands.
  • During the Korean War, she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet".
  • Reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support US troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969.
  • Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in US operations during the Lebanese Civil War.
  • New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991 (after serving a total of 21 years in the active fleet), having earned a Navy Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam and 19 battle and campaign stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and service in the Persian Gulf. After a brief retention in the mothball fleet, she was donated to the Home Port Alliance in Camden, New Jersey, and began her career as a museum ship 15 October 2001.
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[8 Jan 1985]
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firing nine 16-inch/50 caliber guns. [30 Dec 1986]
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Lebanese Civil War (1983–1984) [9 January 1984]
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Tomahawk cruise missile. [1983] (photo credit: Steven Fine)
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RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile & Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems (upper-right). [1983] (photo credit: Steven Fine)
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