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Grand Opening Celebration Photos - October 14, 2001

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Security was high, and Police Officers were very visible on top of the turrets and up high on the superstructure of the ship.

The bow was jammed full during the Grand Opening.

The Admiral, his wife and the ships Volunteer Coordinator strike a pose on deck.

New Jersey politicians meet and greet under Big J's big 16-inch guns.

Captain James P. Nickols, the Chaplain who offered a prayer at the ships final decommissioning in 1991, said the Invocation for the USS New Jersey as a museum.

A couple of members of the Brass Team pose with the Admiral in one of the tents set up on the fantail. By the way, the little crab cakes were awesome!

On the left, S1/C Frank Carfioli, served on the New Jersey from 1950 - 1952. Reported aboard in Bayonne, NJ, while it was still in its mothball berth. Left the ship when she returned from her first tour in Korea. On the right, Frank Scrocca, a welder in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, who helped lay the keel in 1940.

From left to right, Frank Scrocca, Frank Carfioli’s wife, Emily, and Frank Scrocca’s wife, Pauline.

Pauline, Frank and Emily leaving on the aft starboard main deck, after spending a very wonderful, memorable and exciting day at the Rebirth of the USS New Jersey as a museum.

Frank Scrocca, Emily Carfioli and Pauline Scrocca are enjoying refreshments under a canopy on the fantail after the ceremonies.

Frank Scrocca proudly displays a model of the USS New Jersey he built. Note the mirror in back of the case, which gives the illusion of two USS New Jerseys.

A model of Big J that sits in the ships wardroom, the detail on it is superb!

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