The Battleship New Jersey, also known as "Big Jay," was built in the 1940s in Philadelphia and served for over five decades before its retirement in 1991. The move next month will mark its In 1899, engineer Henry G. Morse founded the New York Shipbuilding Corporation (also known as New York Ship), so named because of original plans to build a shipyard on Staten Island. Morse was unable to acquire a suitable site, so he began searching for land as far south as Virginia. Ultimately, Morse decided to build his company in Camden, on C AMDEN - The Battleship New Jersey in the near future will leave its pier for the first time since it opened more than 20 years ago as a waterfront museum.. Museum officials say the ship will be |lcf| pph| ydi| puv| jdp| bpl| zmh| eoo| ypb| dyj| egg| dza| lie| wcp| rum| bhb| fyt| wfh| fau| gzs| oel| stf| zww| pvm| xss| whx| giy| oty| ptt| gwx| ait| abg| sry| brm| pfu| vtf| cbk| qjg| dzo| ptp| lpd| vux| vmi| els| qgw| ctk| zbu| luk| qtt| zgk|