 As the crisis eased , New Jersey was released to continue her interrupted voyage . She anchored at Long Beach 5 May 1969 , her first visit to her home port in eight months . Through the summer months , New Jersey 's crew toiled to make her ready for another deployment , and deficiencies discovered on the gun line were remedied . According to official reports , though , reasons of economy were to dictate otherwise : on 22 August 1969 the United States Secretary of Defense released a list of names of ships to be inactivated ; at the top of the list was New Jersey . Five days later , Captain Snyder was relieved of command by Captain Robert C. Peniston . 
