Keywords: New Jesery Mothballed (1948).jpg The U S Navy battleship New Jersey BB-62 is seen in early 1948 being moved from the New York Navy Yard to the New York Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet based at Bayonne New Jersey The ship was inactivated at New York Navy Yard beginning on 18 October 1947 and was formally decommissioned at Bayonne on 30 June 1948 Official U S Navy photo http //www navsource org/archives/01/016200 jpg released from the Public Information Office 3rd Naval District at New York available at http //www navsource org/archives/01/62d htm Navsource org 1948 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy see at this http //www history navy mil/branches/org11-2 htm site all Pictures in the Online Library of Naval Historical Center are public domain 1948 in New York City USS New Jersey BB-62 National Defense Reserve Fleet 1948 photographs June 1948 in the United States |