Delaware River Region
Camden County
City of Camden

USS New Jersey

USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of . She was often referred to fondly as "Big J".
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1942 Iowa-class battleship
  • Also known as: “BB-62”
  • Address: Wiggins Promenade, Camden, NJ 08103
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Freedom Mortgage Pavilion and Independence Hall.

Theater building
The is an American outdoor amphitheatre and indoor theater complex in , located in the entertainment district on the across from . is situated 1,000 feet northeast of USS New Jersey.

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is a historic civic building in , Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. is situated 1 mile northwest of USS New Jersey.

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The , previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American independence located in . is situated 1¼ miles northwest of USS New Jersey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camden Waterfront and Cooper Grant.

Neighborhood
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The , also known as the Central Waterfront, is a commercial and entertainment district in , on the south of the and north of Port of Camden.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of , . As of the 2000 census, the neighborhood has a population of 838.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , . It is named for Samuel Laning, the first mayor of Camden. According to the 2000 U.S. census, has a population of 3,989.

USS New Jersey

Latitude
39.93947° or 39° 56′ 22″ north
Longitude
-75.13306° or 75° 7′ 59″ west
Inception
1942
Open location code
87F6WVQ8+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29667862
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q507603
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“USS New Jersey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يو إس إس نيوجيرسي (بي بي-62)”
  • Arabic: “يو إس إس نيوجيرسي”
  • Balinese: “USS New Jersey”
  • Bulgarian: “Ню Джърси (линеен кораб, 1942)”
  • Bulgarian: “Ню Джърси”
  • Chinese: “愛荷華級戰列艦 「新澤西」號”
  • Chinese: “新澤西號”
  • Chinese: “新澤西號戰艦”
  • Croatian: “USS New Jersey”
  • Czech: “BB-62”
  • Czech: “USS New Jersey”
  • Dutch: “USS New Jersey”
  • Finnish: “USS New Jersey”
  • French: “USS New Jersey”
  • German: “BB-62”
  • German: “New Jersey”
  • German: “USS New Jersey”
  • Greek: “USS New Jersey”
  • Hebrew: “ניו ג’רזי (BB-62)”
  • Hebrew: “ניו ג’רזי”
  • Indonesian: “USS New Jersey”
  • Irish: “USS New Jersey”
  • Italian: “USS New Jersey”
  • Japanese: “ニュージャージー”
  • Korean: “USS 뉴저지”
  • Malay: “USS New Jersey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “USS «New Jersey» (BB-62)”
  • Norwegian: “USS «New Jersey»”
  • Polish: “USS New Jersey”
  • Portuguese: “USS New Jersey”
  • Russian: “USS New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS New Jersey (BB-62)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS New Jersey”
  • Slovak: “BB-62”
  • Slovak: “USS New Jersey”
  • Spanish: “BB-62”
  • Spanish: “Big J”
  • Spanish: “Dragon Negro”
  • Spanish: “Dragón Negro”
  • Spanish: “USS New Jersey”
  • Swedish: “USS New Jersey”
  • Thai: “ยูเอสเอส นิวเจอร์ซีย์ (BB-62)”
  • Thai: “ยูเอสเอส นิวเจอร์ซีย์”
  • Turkish: “USS New Jersey (BB-62)”
  • Turkish: “USS New Jersey”
  • Ukrainian: “USS New Jersey (BB-62)”
  • Ukrainian: “USS New Jersey”
  • Vietnamese: “USS New Jersey”
  • Yue Chinese: “新澤西號”
  • “USS New Jersey”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include USS NJ Dock and Battleship New Jersey Museum.

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