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1941 - 1944 Keel Laying - Shakedown Cruise
1944 - 1945 Pacific Campaign
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191k | Arkansas (BB-33) & Wisconsin (BB-64) moored together. It looks like it is at Pearl Harbor, which if so, the only time the two ships were together at Pearl was in early October 1945 as they both were returning to the States at war's end. Both ships were part of the "Magic Carpet" operation staged to bring soldiers, sailors, and marines home from the far-flung battlefronts of the Pacific. Departing Okinawa on 23 September, Wisconsin reached Pearl Harbor on 4 October, remaining there for five days before she pushed on for the west coast on the last leg of her state-side bound voyage. Arkansas made four such trips. |
USN Photo # 99599 courtesy of David Buell. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 129k | The Wisconsin (BB-64) emerges from the morning fog as she enters San Francisco Bay on 15 October 1945. Note the Homeward-Bound Pennant. | Official US Navy Photograph # NH-66295, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 108k | Painting of the Wisconsin (BB-64) by the artist John Landry. | Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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778k | The Wisconsin (BB-64) transits the Panama Canal in 1947 with a foot to spare on either side. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 178k | Wisconsin (BB-64) officers during a cruise to Haiti (and elsewhere?) in 1947. Among the men gathered is Anthony J. Danca, then a chief yeoman. | Photo courtesy of Richard Danca. Photo added 05/08/09. | |
 | 156k | "THE MIGHTY Wisconsin (BB-64) LETS GO WITH HER MAIN BATTERY...Here we see the six sixteen inch guns of the Wisconsin fire a broadside at a target 15 miles away. This dramatic picture was made during the recent two weeks training cruise of the Wisconsin to the Canal Zone with 600 Naval Reservists aboard. Released 18 February 1947. | USNHC # 703747 Courtesy of EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung. | |
 | 504k | Portsmouth VA. 8 Jan. 1951. Off comes the cover. A giant dockside crane today rmoves the preservation cover from a 40mm gun mount aboard the battleship Wisconsin (BB-64). The ship is being reactivated at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. | AP Wirephoto courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 142k | Workers detaching the pipes connected to the dehumidifying machinery which kept corrosive, moisture-filled air out of the stacks, fireboxes and boilers, March 1951. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 121k | Workers sandblasting the hull of the Wisconsin (BB-64) to remove paint and barnacles. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 99k | New hands turning over orders to quartermaster before going below for assignment to their bunks and lockers. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 182k | Sailors cleaning refrigeration compartments before food comes aboard. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 164k | Sailor using stored guns for a seat while cleaning fog spray hose nozzle. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 192k | Wisconsin (BB-64) sitting in Norfolk drydock. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 138k | Capt. Thomas Burrowes (L) and Gov. Walter J. Kohler of Wisconsin standing at attention as colors are run up the flagstaff. | Photographer: Mark Kauffman, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com &life.com | |
 | 653k | Officers and men of the Wisconsin (BB-64) stand on the main deck today as the 45,000 ton battleship is recommissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 3 March 1951. | AP Wirephoto courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 127k | Wisconsin (BB-64) taken right after recommissioning in 1951. Note the 20MM mounts and the SPS-6 radar. She had SK-2 radar until decommissioned in 1948. Her armament summary for October 1951 indicated that she carried 16 twin 20MM mounts at that time. | U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of David Buell. | |
 | 532k | AP Wirephoto of the Wisconsin (BB-64) being freed by tugs after going aground on 22 August 1951. A note on the back indicates she was freed after being aground for two hours. | AP Wirephoto courtesy of David Buell. | |
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