Scale: 1/700
Model length: 15.25"
Height: 6.25"
Width: 2"
Base length: 15.75"
Code: SS700B62NJ

No surface vessel afloat could ever match or withstand the power of the American battleship. Now a handcrafted full-hull solid wood ship model of the USS New Jersey, the most powerful, most-decorated battleship afloat, is available for the first time ever in precise 1/700 scale model. More than 15 inches long, this ship replica is carved by hand from mahogany wood and is heavily detailed with handcast resin and metal pieces to depict her as she would have appeared in her final configuration. The wood model ship comes ready to display on an elegant, handmade, furniture-finish display base using hand-turned brass pedestals. A brass name plate completes the display model. Overall the quality of this modernized battleship model would command more than $600 in retail, but it is now readily available at our extremely low factory price. 

This is not a mass-produced wood model ship. Each museum-quality ship replica is handcrafted by mastercraft and will make a perfect gift or memento for the sailor, ship or military enthusiast. As such it is shipped to the customer in a heavy-duty carton box; the model itself is encased in a secure wood frame which will require some disassembly.   

USS New Jersey (BB-62), known as "Big J," is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Among the four completed Iowa-class battleships New Jersey is notable for having earned the most battle stars for her combat actions, and for being the only battleship of the class to have served a tour of duty in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

During World War II the New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall islands. During the Korean War, she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned in to the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the mothball fleet. She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support US troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the "600-ship Navy" program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in US operations during the Lebanese Civil War

New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991, having earned a total of 15 battle stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and a Naval Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam, and is now a museum ship at Camden, New Jersey.