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The Courier-Post has covered the New Jersey since before it was built. This section contains stories from the year 1999 .
December 1999 Rancocas students submit 7,000 signatures on battleship petition
Another New York City official objects to putting USS New Jersey in Bayonne
Battleship bill pulled from Assembly committee agenda
Remember Pearl Harbor --- and our battleship
November 1999
'Big J' will be backdrop for Dec. 7 ceremony
Historian's battleship dream is coming true
Board wants 'Big J' to use local businesses Azzolina's apology is appropriate
Azzolina apologizes for murder comment
Maintenance work begins on battleship South Jersey salutes 'Big J' in tumultuous homecoming
Sea Victory earns medal for bravery
USS New Jersey comes home today
First to greet battleship do so with awe and reverence
97-year-old tug boat Jupiter will greet USS New Jersey Thursday Azzolina calls Camden 'murder capital'
Pomp, circumstance will greet battleship on its homecoming New Jersey will arrive Thursday Merchants gearing up for arrival of `Big J'
Firepower for freedom - A look at the weapons systems of the USS New Jersey Ship makes her final journey home Retired workers are eager to see ship they helped build
`I looked and said, `My God, I never saw a ship that big'‚'
Ship was setting for tea service
What memories are made of: 4-year-old girl gets to see ship
Shiny new riverfront awaits the arrival of a centerpiece
Residents can watch ship move up river in several area parks
Old vessels find new homes in the water and on the land
Riverton students hope to give the battleship a special greeting
Model ships make comeback as vessel returns to her home
Navy veterans and friends join to try to bring ship to Camden
Retiree hopes to see ship again
Ailing tugboat could be back to towing ship by weeks end
October 1999
Easing ship into berth a lesson in finesse
Tug trouble slows
ship's trip
USS New Jersey poised
to enter Caribbean today
Battleship halfway
through Canal Passengers impressed
by canal voyage Hughes thrilled to
be on `Big
Whitman, officials
tour battleship
'Big J' enters Panama
Canal Sight of battleship
awes South Jersey residents
State leaders, veterans
to greet battleship in Panama this weekend
Battleship nears Panama
Canal for a final time Panama Canal's locks
are a product of ingenuity Dignitaries to give
ship a proper send-off
N.Y. museum director
says ship shouldn't be berthed in Bayonne
Navy's got another
reason to award 'Big J' to Camden
Bayonne battleship
site lacks crucial approval
September 1999
No, duh ... In North
vs. South, we can't win war of numbers
Survey: Residents
favor Bayonne for USS New Jersey Camden should be the
only place to seat the mighty warrior of the seas
Never mind its final
berth, 'Big J' on way home, at last
Battleship starts
journey home
Skipper set to bring
battleship home
USS New Jersey's past
and future honored
Will battleship end
up in South Jersey? Navy veterans lead
effort to bring ship to Camden Lawmaker fights to
get ship berthed in North Jersey
Big 'J' is coming
home Navy Executive from
NJ instrumental in naming of battleship Ship's passage can
be monitored on Internet Original battleship
New Jersey was in Great White Fleet
July 1999
Camden site will be
readied for battleship, just in case
Camco freeholders decide
not to sue ship commission
Ship a step closer
to home
June 1999
Congressmen tell Navy to bring USS New Jersey to
Camden
May 1999
Speaker's action quashes bill on USS New Jersey
Bill could put battleship in Bayonne
Whitman now neutral on site for battleship
S. Jersey battleship plan filed with Navy
March 1999
State shifts control of USS New Jersey
February 1999
USS New Jersey coming to region
More funds raised for battleship
Bayonne, Jersey City join forces to get battleship
