USS Wisconsin - The Last Battleship

Berthed today at NAUTICUS, the National Maritime Center, the USS Wisconsin (BB—64) was the last authorized of the four Iowa—class battleships, the largest American dreadnoughts ever built.

Wisconsin saw action in World War II and the Korean Conflict for which the Big Wisky earned a collective six battle stars. Brought out of mothballs and recommissioned a second time on October 22, 1988, the Wisconsin saw action again during the Persian Gulf War but was decommissioned a third time on Septemb...