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BB-9 USS WISCONSIN
1909 - 1922


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1897 - 1909 / Pre Modernization


Illinois Class Battleship: Displacement 11,565 Tons, Dimensions, 373' 10" (oa) x 72' 3" x 25' 7" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 14 x 6"/40, 4 x 18" tt. Armor, 16" 1/2 Belt, 14" Turrets, 4 " Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 10,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 536.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cailf., February 9, 1897. Launched November 26, 1898.Commissioned February 4, 1901. Decommissioned November 15, 1906. Recommissioned April 1, 1908, Decommissioned May 15, 1920, Stricken July 1, 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26, 1922 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-9 Wisconsin88kShown here during her 1909 overhaul, Note single cage mast.National Archives/USN.
BB-9 Wisconsin103kWisconsin (BB-9), underway, starboard view. Circa 1909 post overhaul. USNHC # NH 63104.
BB-9 Wisconsin90kAt the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 29 June 1909, after being fitted with a "basket" foremast.Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.USNHC # NH 19-N-3-1-22.
BB-9 Wisconsin101k A postcard drawing of the Wisconsin (BB-9) dated 4 April 1910. The pre-dreadnought battleship then visited Tompkinsville, N.Y., and New Orleans, La., before she discharged ammunition at New York City on 22 April. Later that spring, 1910, she moved to the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard, where she was placed in reserve. The drawing on the postcard seems to indicate that she is down South. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-9 Wisconsin94k Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Ships tied up at the Navy Yard's waterfront, circa 1911-1912. At left is Wisconsin (BB-9), with her "cage" mainmast apparently being installed. Ship in the right center, with a five masted schooner alongside, is either Tennessee (ACR-10) or Washington (ACR-11). Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Raymond Stone. USNHC # NH 46553.
BB-9 Wisconsin184kBroadside view of Wisconsin (BB-9) with gagged masts circa, 1912. Possibly during the time when she was moved to Philadelphia in April 1912 and, that autumn, took part in a naval review off Yonkers, New York before resuming her reserve status until Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
Note the bow of a wooden ship off her stern.
USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 02/07/08
BB-9 Wisconsin91kAnchored off New York City, 12 October 1912, during the Naval Review. A battleship of the Kearsarge class is visible in the left distance.USNHC # NH 44263.
BB-9 Wisconsin71kUnderway, circa 1912. Photographed by John W. Dawson, Marine Photographer, 2209 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.USNHC # NH 82127.
BB-9 Wisconsin181kThe Wisconsin (BB-9) underway, possibly sometime after the Naval review in New York City, circa 1912 - mid teens. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-9 Wisconsin276kOfficers and crew of the Wisconsin (BB-9). The caption reads "First battleship to enter the Panama Canal, July 15, 1915." Note: There is some dispute about the validity of the statement. For all intents and purposes, the Conneticut (BB-18), as the Atlantic Fleet Flagship, is credited with the honor.Courtesy of John Alexander.
BB-11 Missouri122kIn the Panama Canal, approaching the Chagres River railroad crossing, 16 July 1915. View looks north, with Ohio (BB-12) and Wisconsin (BB-9) in the background USNHC # NH 82268.
BB-12 Ohio 135k Missouri (BB-11), at left, and Ohio (BB-12) in the lower chambers of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 31 August, 1915. View looks north, with Wisconsin (BB-9) in the distance. USN / USNHC # 82788.
BB-9 Wisconsin113kPhotographed circa 1918 by O.W. Waterman of Hampton, Virginia. USNHC # 85883.
Reserve Basin 77k Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, Warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (from left to right): Wisconsin (BB-9); Illinois (BB-7); Alabama (BB-8); a Pittsburgh class armored cruiser; two battleships, probably Connecticut class; Stringham (DD-83); Craven (DD-70); Maury (DD-100); and Sigourney (DD-81). USNHC # NH 42524.
BB-11 Missouri69kPhiladelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; Michigan (BB-27); and Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): Maine (BB-10); Kentucky (BB-6);Kearsarge (BB-5); Indiana (BB-1); Massachusetts (BB-2); Iowa (BB-4); Wisconsin (BB-9); and Illinois (BB-7). USNHC # NH 42525.
BB-9 Wisconsin63kU.S. Navy warships awaiting scrapping, 1922. Probably photographed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Maine (BB-10) is at right, down at the head with her side armor removed. Wisconsin (BB-9) is in the center. Columbia, (ex-Columbia) (CA-16) is toward the left, with a merchant ship alongside. USNHC # 100762.
(NISMF)376kA guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

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