 New Jersey has been placed on several historic registers . In 1997 , while the ship was still in the mothball fleet , the New Jersey State Review Board for Historic Sites recommended that it " be listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places , contingent upon the transfer of the battleship to New Jersey waters . " In 2004 , the State of New Jersey officially designated the battleship as an historical place . This cleared New Jersey for placement on the National Register of Historic Places , a list to which New Jersey was officially added in 2004 . 
