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USS Wisconsin
BB-64 Ship Models
USS Wisconsin Modern configuration built in 1/600 by the Captain.
18" long $32.95 BB100
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Statistics:
Displacement: 53,000 tons
Length: 887'3"
Beam: 108'2"
Draft: 38'
Speed: 33 knots
Complement: 1,637
Armament: Nine 16" guns; twenty 5" guns, 4-40mm and 4 CWIS
Class: Iowa
The Wisconsin as she looks like
today!
- Placed out of commission at Bayonne on 8 Mar. 1958, Wisconsin joined the
"Mothball Fleet" there, leaving the United States Navy without an active
battleship for the first time since 1896. Subsequently taken to the Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard, Wisconsin remained there with USS Iowa
(BB 61) until recommissioned again on 22 Oct. 1988.
- USS Wisconsin returned to war when Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein invaded Kuwait. In
February 1991, Wisconsin fired her 16-inch guns at targets just north of Khafji,
Saudi Arabia, the ship assisted shore-based ground units in their tasks. Wisconsin
shared gunnery duties with USS
Missouri (BB 63) and the two battleships continued to hammer at their targets with
16-inch gunnery. Near the end of the month, Wisconsin turned her big guns on
Faylaka Island and Kuwait City in support of the ground offensive. Iraq agreed to a cease
fire agreement on 28 Feb. 1991.
- USS Wisconsin was decommissioned for the final time, on 30 Sept. 1991. After
being berthed at the Naval Station Norfolk, Va., she was moved on 31 May 2000 to the
Norfolk Naval Shipyard. On Pearl Harbor Commemoration Day, 7 December 2000, Wisconsin
moored at the National Maritime Center in downtown Norfolk to be the centerpiece in a
four-part exhibit featuring the battleship's role in U.S. naval history and also as an
example of the relationship between the Navy and the Hampton Roads area. Wisconsin opened to the public on 16
April 2001.
- Wisconsin earned five battle stars for her World War II service and one for
Korea.
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