What is USS New Jersey (BB-16)?
[[File:U.S. battleship New Jersey in camouflage coat. - NARA - 533704.tif|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|U.S. [[battleship]] New Jersey [[paint]]ed in [[camouflage]]}}]] '''USS ''New Jersey'' (BB-16)''' was the fourth of five [[Virginia-class battleship]]s of the [[United States Navy]]. She was originally going to be named the USS Virginia.<ref name=Morris287>James M. Morris; Patricia M. Kearns, ''Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy'' (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011), p. 287</ref> She was [[wikt:built|built]] at the [[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] in May 1902. She was launched in November 1904.<ref name=Miller32>Wayne G. Miller, ''Fore River Shipyard'' (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013), p. 32</ref> After sea trials she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into the fleet in May 1906.<ref name=Morris287/> The ship was armed with an offensive [[Artillery battery|battery]] of four {{convert|12|in|adj=on}} [[cannon|guns]] and eight {{convert|8|in|adj=on}} guns. She was capable of a top speed of {{convert|19|kn|lk=in}}. ''New Jersey'' was {{convert|435|ft|m}} long, had 23,000 [[horsepower]] and was built at a cost of [[$]]3,405,000.<ref name=Miller32/> ''New Jersey'' spent her entire career in the [[United States Fleet Forces Command|Atlantic Fleet]]. In late 1906, she took part in the [[Second Occupation of Cuba]].<ref name=Morris287/> She participated in the [[Jamestown Exposition]] in April &ndash; May 1907. At the end of the year, she joined the [[Great White Fleet]] for its circumnavigation of the globe, which lasted into 1909.<ref>Donald Cann, John Galluzzo, ''Boston Harbor'' (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006). p. 81</ref> The ship spent the following five years conducting peacetime training. In April 1914, ''New Jersey'' took part in the [[occupation]] of [[Veracruz]] during the [[Mexican Revolution]]. During [[World War I]], she was used as a [[training ship]]. After the [[war]], she was tasked with transporting [[United States|American]] [[soldier]]s back