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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.
USS Wisconsin, photographed at sea in her 1980s configuration. USS Missouri fires her 16-inch guns. The Iowa-class battleships are the most heavily armed warships the United States Navy has ever put to sea, due to the continual development of their onboard weaponry.
USS Charles S. Sperry damaged by 3 hits from a shore battery at Songjin, North Korea, 23 December 1950. USS Ozbourn damaged after being hit by a shore battery at Wonsan, North Korea, 2 casualties, 23 December 1950. USS Walke extensively damaged after striking a mine off the east coast of North Korea, 26 killed. [1] 12 June 1951.
The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther. Over 130 attacks have been documented in [ 1 ] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities.
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
“Shortly after wardens arrived, the lion inadvertently broke a window and entered the basement,” officials said.
In early 1956 during ASW exercises Eaton was involved in a collision with the destroyer USS Power (DD-839). [1] Eaton following collision with USS Wisconsin, 6 May 1956. On 6 May 1956, off the Virginia Capes, the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) collided with the Eaton in thick fog while daylight steaming at high speed (20 knots).
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