U.S.S. Wisconsin
BB-64
1990
(Neptun 2300)
- Class: Iowa - 4 battleships of 1939-40
- Displacement: 45,000 tons
- Dimensions: 860 (wl) 887.25 (oa) x 108.25 x 29 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 212,000 = 33 knots
- Armor: belt 19 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/50 (3x3), 12-5"/38 (6x2) D.P., 4-20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
- Missiles: 16 Harpoon SSM (4 quad canisters Mk 141), 32 Tomahawk TSAM/TLAM (8 quad ABL Mk 143)
- Complement: 1,565
- Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 25 Jan 1941
- Launched: 7 Dec 1943
- Commissioned: 16 Apr 1944 / 3 Mar 1951 / 22 Oct 1988
- Decommissioned: 1 Jul 1948 / 8 Mar 1958 / 30 Sep 1991
- Actions: Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944-45. Korea 1951-52. On 7 May 1956 off Virginia, she collided with destroyer Eaton, damaging her bow; the bow of her uncompleted sister Kentucky was used to make repairs. Persian Gulf 1991. Preserved as memorial at Norfolk, Virginia.
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