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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 .
Transferred to New York Naval Militia 1921, renamed Prairie State 1941, scrapped 1956 USS Alabama (BB-8) 2 December 1896 18 May 1898 16 October 1900 Sunk as target 1921 USS Wisconsin (BB-9) 9 February 1897 26 November 1898 4 February 1901 Scrapped 1922
USS Charrette [14] USS Clamagore: United States South Carolina: Mount Pleasant: United States: 1945 Balao class: Submarine: Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, scrapped 2022 [15] USS Cobia: United States Wisconsin: Manitowoc: United States: 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Wisconsin Maritime Museum [16] USS Cod: United States Ohio: Cleveland ...
Scrapped in 1960 [11] CVL-26 Monterey: Independence: 17 June 1943 16 January 1956 12 years, 213 days Scrapped in 1971 [11] CVL-27 Langley: Independence: 31 August 1943 11 February 1947 3 years, 164 days Scrapped in 1964 [11] CVL-28 Cabot: Independence: 24 July 1943 21 January 1955 11 years, 181 days Scrapped in 2002 [11] CVL-29 Bataan: Independence
Lansdowne was scrapped in July 2008. SS Niagara: Built in 1897, the freighter was later converted into a sand-sucker. Scrapped in 1997 by Liberty Iron & Metal in Erie, Pennsylvania (after a failed attempt to convert her into an Erie museum), she had been saved from the scrapyard 11 years earlier.
The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is later in getting to Brownsville for recycling than earlier anticipated. Back in late October, Robert Berry, vice president of International Shipbreaking ...
See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, ... Though towing and breaking down the ship for scrap is a costly process, the profit from selling scrap steel, iron, and non-ferrous metal ores will benefit the ...
Mothballed ships in Suisun Bay, California (2010). The battleship USS Iowa at the right-side end of the group has since become a restored museum ship in San Pedro, Los Angeles. The United States Navy maintains a number of its ships as part of a reserve fleet, often called the "Mothball Fleet". While the details of the maintenance activity have ...