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BB-64 USS WISCONSIN
2003 - Present

Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Golf - Whiskey

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1941 - 1944 Keel Laying - Shakedown Cruise
1944 - 1949 Pacific Campaign
1950 - 1953 Korean War
1954 - 1979
1980 - 1987
1988 - 1991
1992 - 2002


Iowa Class Battleship: Displacement 45,000 Tons, Dimensions, 887' 3" (oa) x 108' 2" x 37' 9" (Max). Armament 9 x 16"/50 20 x 5"/38AA, 80 x 40mm 49 x 20mm, 3 AC. Armor, 12 1/8" Belt, 17" Turrets, 1 1/2" +6" +5/8" Decks, 17 1/4" Conning Tower. Machinery, 212,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 1921.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, January 25 1941. Launched 7 December 1943. Commissioned April 16 1944. Decommissioned July 1 1948. Recommissioned March 3 1951. Decommissioned March 8 1958. Recommissioned October 22 1988. Decommissioned September 30 1991. Stricken for disposal 12 January 1995 but retained in reserve. Reinstated on the Naval Vessels Register, in reserve, 12 February 1998.
Fate: Berthed at Norfolk, VA; to become a museum-in-reserve,with the weather decks open to the public, but the ship still maintained in reserve and owned by the Navy.

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Wisconsin134k Wisconsin's (BB-64) commanding officers during her periods of service. Information provided by the USS Wisconsin Association. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
Wisconsin226k Campaign ribbons awarded the Wisconsin (BB-64) during her periods of service. Information provided by the USS Wisconsin Association. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-64 Wisconsin383k 2003 Chief Petty Officer selectees, from the Hampton Roads area, scrub the teak wood deck of Wisconsin (BB-64) in Norfolk, Va. Aug. 20, 2003 as part of heritage appreciation and training prior to donning the Chief's anchors in September. Wisconsin is part of a museum in downtown Norfolk, Va. More than 200 CPO selectees were aboard to help preserve the battleship by cleaning the teak wood deck. U.S. Navy photo # N-9809D-001 by Senior Chief Photographer's Mate Joseph Dorey, courtesy of news.navy.mil
BB-64 Wisconsin470k George Washington (CVN-73) passes by the decommissioned battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), in downtown Norfolk during her transit up the Elizabeth River Feb. 25, 2003 from Norfolk Naval Station to Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. U.S. Navy photo # N-3653A-002 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Summer M. Anderson, courtesy of news.navy.mil
BB-64 Wisconsin164k Virginia Senator John Warner addresses the crowd aboard Wisconsin (BB-64) during its 60th anniversary of the battleship's commissioning, April 16, 2004. Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, located at Nauticus, in Norfolk, Va. U.S. Navy photo # N-4386A-007 by Photographer's Mate Airman Carter B. Allen, courtesy of news.navy.mil
BB-64 Wisconsin259k Sailors man the rails on Wisconsin (BB-64) during the 60th anniversary celebration of the battleship's commissioning. Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, located at Nauticus, in Norfolk, Va.U.S. Navy photo # N-4386A-002 by Photographer's Mate Airman Carter B. Allen, courtesy of news.navy.mil
BB-64 Wisconsin290k Virginia Senator John Warner addresses the crowd aboard Wisconsin (BB-64) during its 60th anniversary of the battleship's commissioning. Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, located at Nauticus, in Norfolk, Va.U.S. Navy photo # N-7130B-505 by Photographer's Mate Airman Aaron Burden, courtesy of news.navy.mil
BB-64 Wisconsin263k Sailors assigned to Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Weapons Department man the rails of the Iowa class battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) during her 60th anniversary commemoration. Wisconsin is currently berthed as an exhibit at the maritime museum, Nauticus, in Norfolk, Va.U.S. Navy photo # N-7130B-501 by Photographer's Mate Airman Aaron Burden, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
BB-64 Wisconsin385k Sailors assigned to Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Weapons Department man the rails of the Iowa class battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) during her 60th anniversary commemoration. U.S. Navy photo # N-4154B-503 by Photographer's Mate Airman Aaron Burden, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
World War II Memorial371k A quote made by Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz is inscribed on a granite wall at the National World War II Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Fleet Adm. Nimitz was the United States signatory to the surrender terms aboard the battleship Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan on 2 Sept. 1945, thus ending World War II. Established by the American Battle Monuments Commission, the memorial honors all military veterans of World War II, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. On 29 May 2004, the memorial will be formally dedicated with an estimated 200,000 people expected to attend, and includes 100,000 visiting veterans of all wars. U.S. Navy photo # N-0295M-011 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
BB-64 Wisconsin275kThe Office of Naval Research (ONR) Afloat Lab, Starfish (YP-679), pulls alongside the Iowa class battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), located at The National Maritime Center Nauticus on the Elizabeth River waterfront of downtown Norfolk, Va. The Afloat Lab is visiting Norfolk to participate in Harborfest 2005. The event is expected to draw about 1500 visitors during the three-day event, 13 June 2005. U.S. Navy photo # N-7676W-125 by Mr. John F. Williams, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
BB-64 Wisconsin349k Boy Scout Troop 256 from Virginia Beach, Va. takes a ride on a U.S. Navy 25-foot Secure All-around Flotation Equipped (SAFE) boat across the Elizabeth River, as they pass the Iowa class battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) at Portsmouth, Va. 14 April 2006. The scouts were visiting Mobile Security Squadron Two (MSS-2) to better understand how the unit performs its force protection services in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo # N-5681S-134 by Photographer's Mate Airman Michael Starkey, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
BB-64 Wisconsin88k Students from The Williams School, in Norfolk, peer inside a display aboard the battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), now a Naval heritage museum, at Norfolk, Va. 2 Nov. 2006. The 3rd-grade students toured the Wisconsin and made holiday cards to send to Sailors who are currently deployed. U.S. Navy photo # N-6081J-235 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler Jones, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
BB-64 Wisconsin279k The Wisconsin (BB-64), 13 October 2007 at Norfolk Va. Photo courtesy of John Hummel. Photo added 10/25/07.

Wisconsin BB-64 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Dominic Menta
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E-mail: dombb64@ptd.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Wisconsin (BB-64) Web Page by the Wisconsin Reunion Assn.
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