USS Wisconsin (BB-64) with a damaged bow after she collided with the USS Eaton (DDE-510) in heavy fog. #navy #ship #military | I love Warships

After being mothballed in 1969, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) was recommissioned in 1982. This TV news segment shows the 16" guns being fired for the first time in 13 years. Watch for Navy Secretary John Lehman's reaction to the blast. #FirepowerFriday | U.S. Naval Institute

#OTD in 1958, USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was decommissioned, leaving the Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1895. The Wisconsin was recommissioned in 1988 as part of Reagan's 600 ship Navy but fired her guns for the last time in 1991 before being decommissioned again. USS Wisconsin is now a ship museum in Norfolk, Virginia. | U.S. Naval Institute

USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) is an Iowa Class battleship built for the United States Navy and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Launched: December 7, 1943. Nickname "Big Wisky". Motto: Forward for Freedom A self-guided tour is included with your admission to Nauticus. My kids love Naval and Maritime history plus World War II. They tal