The 45,000-ton battleship New Jersey, stripped of her guns & other vulnerable equipment is towed under Manhattan Bridge 6/29 on her way to decommissioning Bayonne, N. J. Joining Navy's mothball fleet, ship will be in reserve with sister ships, the North
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The 45,000-ton battleship New Jersey, stripped of her guns & other vulnerable equipment is towed under Manhattan Bridge 6/29 on her way to decommissioning Bayonne, N. J. Joining Navy's mothball fleet, ship will be in reserve with sister ships, the North
Carolina & Washington.
June 29, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.1 x 21 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Paper: 18 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0021
Inscriptions recto (in image): NY310-6/29-NEW YORK: The 45,000-ton battleship New Jersey, / stripped of her guns & other vulnerable equipment is towed un- / der Manhattan Bridge 6/29 on her way to decommissioning Bayonne, N. J. Joining Navy's mothball fleet, ship will / be in reserve with sister ships, the North Carolina & Washington. / (ACMS TELEPHOTO)
