 Two competing requests for the battleships were filed , one by the USS New Jersey Battleship Commission of Bayonne , New Jersey , and one by the Home Port Alliance of Camden , New Jersey . Both teams worked hard to develop a comprehensive plan to operate and maintain the battleship as a museum . After a review of both of the submitted plans , the Navy selected the Home Port Alliance as the battleship 's final resting place . Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig made the announcement on 20 January 2000 , and on 15 October of that year New Jersey arrived at her final resting place on the Camden Waterfront . 
