![]() ![]() Long since decommissioned, this great piece of American maritime history was not destined for the scrap yard. BB-64 could hurl shells over the horizon at enemy ships, but also at targets far inland - a duty it performed right up to Operation Desert Storm. Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched when it came to naval firepower. Wisconsin, or “Big Wiskey” (also sometimes spelled “Whisky”) as it was affectionately nicknamed, enjoyed a service life that spanned six decades and three conflicts. ![]() Navy/Creative Commons) “Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched.”īy Amy Waters Yarsinske Amy Waters Yarsinske is the author of ‘USS Wisconsin: The Last Battleship.’īERTHED TODAY AT Nauticus, the national maritime centre in Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was the last authorized of the four mighty Iowa-class battleships, the largest American dreadnoughts ever built.
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