New Jersey

## Character Information

New Jersey is one of the Iowa-Class battleships. She is Iowa’s closest sister.

## Personality

New Jersey is powerful and dangerous, but she’s mainly quiet and likes to keep to herself. She’s shy and sometimes is a little afraid to ask for help since it embarrasses her, but when it’s time to get aggressive, New Jersey goes all in on conflict. She’s willing to do anything she can to protect others, and won’t stand for her sister Iowa’s bullying.

## Role in Iowa’s Revenge

New Jersey, being Iowa’s closest sister, has a tight bond with Iowa. New Jersey is loving towards Iowa, but when she comes across Iowa threatening Enterprise, she is shocked at Iowa’s behavior, and is even more surprised when Iowa points her guns at her. New Jersey worries about Iowa’s behavior, expressing her concern to Enterprise. Enterprise suggests Iowa may be turning up like Yamato did, but New Jersey disagrees.

That night, Iowa and New Jersey are on patrol at the base. After the tense encounter from that morning, neither of the sisters wish to be near each other, so Iowa strays away from her sister. New Jersey doesn’t notice that Iowa has gone off (and speaks to Yamato in secret) until the late hours of the night, but can’t leave her post to search for her. The next night, the same thing happens again, but this time, Iowa has vanished completely (as now, she’s gone away with Yamato). New Jersey, worried, gets permission to search for Iowa for a short time, but she can’t find her. New Jersey asks Texas (who is with Alabama) if she has seen Iowa, but Texas says she hasn’t, and disregards the situation, since she doesn’t like Iowa.

As the days go by, with no sign of Iowa, New Jersey feels as if she is guilty for the disappearance of her sister. Her friends and sisters feel the same sadness, though Hornet tells New Jersey she has nothing to worry about. Texas expresses her dislike for Iowa, hoping that Iowa got lost and taken down by enemies. New Jersey is mentioned once again when Yamato and her squadron arrive at the base. She gives Yamato a glare of disapproval, to which Yamato threatens her. New Jersey, fearful, pleads with Yamato not to hurt her. When Musashi suddenly strikes Wisconsin, New Jersey rushes to aid her little sister. A battle breaks out, and later on, Iowa attacks New Jersey, severely damaging her. New Jersey screams and cries in pain, as Iowa stares at her wounded body. She begs Iowa to spare her, and Iowa does, shocked at what she has done. Iowa turns back on Yamato, and defeats her with Missouri’s help.

For the first few days after the attack, it is questioned if New Jersey will survive or not. West Virginia notes that, while she was in dry dock for maintenance, New Jersey was screaming so loudly and jolting that she had to be sedated in order for work to be done.

Months later, just after the second battle, New Jersey returns. Reluctantly, Iowa apologizes to her, asking for forgiveness. New Jersey, still traumatized and distrustful of Iowa, does not forgive Iowa, but rather accepts her for who she is, a changed ship. It can be assumed that New Jersey eventually forgave Iowa some time after the events of Iowa’s Revenge.