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Wisconsin

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ClassIowa class
TypeBattleship (BB)
HullBB-64
FateAfloat. Not sunk. Survived the war.
Armament (class)Three triple 16-inch turrets and two funnels, on a long hull. Four were finished.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Wisconsin
The U.S. Navy battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at anchor on 30 May 1944, during her Atlantic coast shakedown period. Public domain.

USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was an Iowa-class battleship of the United States Navy. In the fleet she was a battleship of that class, identified by the hull number BB-64.

John Wesley Roper served as her captain from 6 March 1945. From that date he was the officer in command, and his tour continued through the spring and the summer.

On 1 April 1945 Wisconsin was off Okinawa with the fast carriers. Okinawa is the battle named for her, and on that day her station was with those carriers.

She was not sunk off Okinawa. Wisconsin remained with the fast carriers and came through 1 April afloat.

Roper was relieved on 12 August 1945, ending the command that had begun in March. Wisconsin survived the war. The hull was not sunk.

The pictures on this page are the originals.