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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.
Wisconsin fires a Tomahawk missile during her 1991 deployment to the Persian Gulf. Wisconsin was ordered 12 June 1940, laid down 25 January 1942, launched 7 December 1943, and commissioned 16 April 1944. After trials and initial training in the Chesapeake Bay, she transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944 and was assigned to protect the US fleet ...
USS Thompson minor damage in the vicinity of the bridge after an air burst and near misses from a shore battery at Songjin, North Korea, 13 casualties, 20 August 1952. USS Competent (AM-316) superficial damage and lost sweep gear after a shrapnel near miss from a shore battery at Pkg. 4-5, no casualties, 27 August 1952.
A Phalanx CIWS mount aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. During their modernization in the 1980s, each Iowa-class battleship was equipped with four of the US Navy's Phalanx CIWS mounts, two of which sat just behind the bridge and two which were forward and outboard of the after ship's funnel.
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1951 Ship State Description Bogdan United States The 15-gross register ton, 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was lost after she blew away from her anchorage and drifted off toward Mountain Cape on Nagai Island in the Territory of Alaska's Shumagin Islands.
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). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The collision caused serious damage to both ships, with the Eaton contacting the battleship's bow on the starboard side forward of the bridge, which crushed to port side ...
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USS Wisconsin (BB-9) was an Illinois-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa -class battleship USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827) a planned Columbia -class submarine