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Across her four commissions, New Jersey served as the flagship for some of the most famous admirals in U.S. Navy history, from World War II to Vietnam, and this area formed part of the Flag Cabin where they worked and lived. Admirals who made New Jersey their flagship included Raymond A. Spruance for the Fifth Fleet in 1944 and again on August 14, 1945; William F. Halsey, Jr. for the Third Fleet from August 24, 1944, to January 27, 1945; Oscar C. Badger II for Battleship Division Seven from January 29, 1945, to April 15, 1945; Richard L. Conolly for the Training Squadron in 1947; Heber H. McClean for Battleship Division One in 1947; Harold M. Martin for the Seventh Fleet in 1951; H.R. Thurber for an NROTC Training Cruise to Europe in 1952; Joseph J. Clark for the Seventh Fleet in 1953; Charles Wellborn, Jr. for the Second Fleet in 1956; and Lloyd R. Vasey for the Training Squadron in 1969. Other notable admirals temporarily embarked or visiting New Jersey included Willis A. Lee, Jr.; John S. McCain, Sr., who conferred with Halsey in December 1944; Chester W. Nimitz, who visited on December 24, 1944, to celebrate Christmas with the crew, the first time a five-star flag flew in a Pacific Fleet warship; Arthur W. Radford; C. Turner Joy; Forrest P. Sherman; Arleigh A Burke; and F.B. Stumpf.
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