Our Visit to the USS Wisconsin

The USS Wisconsin is berthed in Norfolk at Nauticus, home of the Hampton Roads Navel Museum, and is a must see stop. I am not that big on going to this type of exhibit but it is amazing the history, engineering, manpower, well it was all just amazing and Tom and I had a great time in the museum and taking a tour of the Wisconsin. Our guide was very knowledgeable with lots of stories about life on board a ship and stories about the Wisconsin. I took dozens of pictures here are only a few. 

When you first enter the grounds where the ship is berthed you
have to stop and gain your perspective.  The flag she is flying
from her bow only has the field of stars, this is the Navel
signal to the harbor master that the captain is on board.

Now this is an anchor.

inside the museum one floor is dedicated to navel history, one to
the history of the Wisconsin and on to NOAH and the Chesapeake
Bay

Spanish Torpedo From cruiser Viscaya, Santiago, Duba, 1898

Tom in the Captains Chair on the Bridge
of the USS Wisconsin

one of the hatches on the Bridge

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USS Wisconsin (BB-64), "Wisky" or "WisKy", is an Iowa-class battleship, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. She was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 7 December 1943 (the second anniversary of the Pearl Harbor raid), sponsored by the wife of Governor of Wisconsin, Walter Goodland.

During her career, Wisconsin served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where she shelled Japanese fortifications and screened United States aircraft carriers as they conducted air raids against enemy positions. During the Korean War, Wisconsin shelled North Korean targets in support of United Nations and South Korean ground operations, after which she was decommissioned. She was reactivated 1 August 1986, modernized and participated in Operation Desert Storm in January and February 1991.

Wisconsin was last decommissioned in September 1991, having earned a total of six battle stars for service in World War II and Korea, as well as a Navy Unit Commendation for service during the January/February 1991 Gulf War. She currently functions as a museum ship operated by Nauticus, The National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Wisconsin was struck from the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) 17 March 2006, and, as of 14 December 2009, has been donated for permanent use as a museum ship. On 15 April 2010, the City of Norfolk officially took over ownership of the ship.^[1]