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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 (BB-9), an Illinois-class pre-dreadnought battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 30th state. She was the third and final member of her class to be built. Her keel was laid down in February 1897 at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, and she was launched in November 1898.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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).