Battleship Wisconsin

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 40 × 40 mm guns
50 × 20 mm guns
20 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
9 × 16 in (410 mm) guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:commissioned April 16, 1944
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned January 15, 1991
gptkbp:displacement 58,000 tons
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:Wisconsin_Maritime_Museum
gptkbp:famousFor being one of the last battleships built by the United States
gptkbp:fate museum ship
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_J._A._McGowan
gptkb:Captain_A._M._McCulloch
gptkbp:firstPublished 1986
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battleship Wisconsin
gptkbp:launched December 7, 1943
gptkbp:length 887 feet (270 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
gptkbp:nickname Wisky
gptkbp:operationalStatus museum ship
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-10
AN/SPS-12
AN/SPS-6
AN/SPS-8
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
1991
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:bombardment_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:bombardment_of_Okinawa
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
participation in humanitarian missions
participation in naval exercises
Korean_War_operations
participation_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Iowa
gptkb:USS_Missouri
USS Illinois
USS New Jersey
gptkbp:speed 32 knots (37 mph; 61 km/h)