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USS Wisconsin (BB 64)

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Ship's Data
Where applicable, data is that of the modernized/reconstructed version and not that of the original as-built configuration.
Class:
Nickname:
Authorized:
Keel Laid:
Launched:
Commissioned:
Main Battery:
Secondary Battery:
Design Displacement:
Full Load Displacement:
Overall Length:
Waterline Length:
Draft:
Beam:
Design Speed:
Decommissioned:
WWII Battle Stars:
Final Fate:
 Iowa
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27 March 1934, 3 June 1936, 17 May 1938
25 January 1941
7 December 1943
16 April 1944
Nine 16in/50cal Mk.7 (3 x 3)
Twenty 5in/38cal (10 x 2)
45,000 tons
57,210 tons
887 ft 3 in
860 ft 0 in
28 ft 11 in
108 ft 2 in
33 knots
30 September 1991 (Final)
Five
Will become a museum/memorial ship in Norfolk, VA.

Camouflage
All the dates given may not be exact as to the month of repainting.
For more information about the different camouflage measures refer to the Camouflage page.
April 1944 - 1945 Measure 22

Armament Summary
December 1944 - April 1945
Gun
Mount
Dec 1944
Apr 1945
16in/50cal
3 Gun
9
9
5in/38cal
Twin
20
20
40mm
Quad
20
20
20mm
Single
49
49
20mm
Twin
2
8

Photos
These photos are arranged in chronological order and are believed to be all declassified official USN photos (unless otherwise noted.)
BB64
Anchored before her shakedown cruise.
30 May 1944
BB64
Leaving Philadelphia Navy Yard for her shakedown cruise.
7 June 1944
BB64
Leaving Philadelphia Navy Yard for the Pacific.
24 September 1944
BB37
Moored alongside the partially stripped battleship USS Oklahoma (BB 37) at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
11 November 1944
BB64
Underway in the Pacific.
1944/1945
BB64
The ship's band plays under the barrels of the aft turret. Note the camouflage counter shading on the barrels and a carrier in the background.
1945
BB64
Refueling from tanker USS Cahaba (AO 82), as seen from an Essex class aircraft carrier.
1945
BB64
Operating off Japan, note some of the other task force ships in the background.
August 1945