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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Apr 28, 2023 · The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was an Iowa-class vessel that served with the US Navy on and off from 1944-91. She was the second-last of her class to be commissioned, and one of the last battleships ever constructed by the United States.
Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 30th state. Her keel was laid down on January 25, 1941 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
February 6 WISCONSIN relieved sistership USS MISSOUI (BB-63)”on the gunline” near the Kuwait border. WISCONSIN’S first fire mission was called in by an OV10- Marine observation aircraft shortly after the battleship’s arrival on station.
Apr 19, 2023 · USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Fires a three-gun salvo from her forward 16/50 gun turret, during bombardment duty off Korea. Photograph is dated 30 January 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Explore the areas of Battleship Wisconsin with a historical interpreter and learn how the Battleship was commanded and would fight in the control areas of the ship including the Captain’s Cabin, Pilot House, and Combat Engagement Center.
Jul 30, 2019 · USS Wisconsin (BB 64), the third of four Iowa-class battleships to be built, now rests in honorable deactivated status in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of the Nauticus museum complex.
Wisconsin departed Norfolk on 7 August 1990, beginning the deployment that eventually saw an end to Iraqi aggression and the restoration of Kuwaiti sovereignty. Wisconsin made the 8,500-mile...
Jan 20, 2015 · USS Wisconsin, a 45,000-ton Iowa class battleship built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in April 1944. After shakedown in the Caribbean area, she joined the...
Iowa -class battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, and was commissioned in April 1944. Reaching the Pacific to serve in combat, she served at...
