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'''USS ''Wisconsin'' (BB-64)''' is an {{sclass|Iowa|battleship}} built for the [[United States Navy]] (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a [[museum ship]]. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]] during [[World War II]], where she participated in the [[Philippines campaign (1944–1945)|Philippines campaign]] and the Battles of [[Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]] and [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]]. The battleship shelled the [[Japanese archipelago|Japanese home islands]] shortly before the end of the war in September 1945. During the [[Korean War]], ''Wisconsin'' shelled [[North Korea]]n targets in support of [[United Nations]] and [[South Korea]]n ground operations, after which she was [[ship decommissioning|decommissioned]]. She was reactivated in 1986; after a modernization program, she participated in [[Operation Desert Storm]] in January – February 1991.

''Wisconsin'' was last decommissioned in September 1991 after spending a total of 14 years in active service. In that time, the ship earned six [[service star|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]]. ''Wisconsin'' was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 17 March 2006, and was later donated for permanent use as a [[museum ship]]. {{As of|2024}}, ''Wisconsin'' is a museum ship operated by [[Nauticus]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].

==Background and description==
{{Main|Iowa-class battleship|Armament of the Iowa class battleship}}
The ''Iowa'' class of [[fast battleship]]s was designed in the late 1930s in response to the [[US Navy]]'s expectations for a future war with the [[Empire of Japan]]. The last battleships to be built by the United States, they were also the US Navy's largest and fastest vessels of the type.<ref>Friedman 1980, p. 99</ref> American officers preferred comparatively slow but heavily armed and armored battleships, but Navy planners determined that such a fleet would have difficulty in bringing the faster Japanese fleet to battle, particularly the {{sclass|Kongō|battlecruiser}}s and the [[aircraft carrier]]s of the [[1st Air Fleet]]. Design studies prepared during the development of the earlier {{sclass|North Carolina|battleship|5}} and {{sclass|South Dakota|battleship|4||1939}}es demonstrated the difficulty in resolving the desires of fleet officers with those of the planning staff within the [[displacement (ship)|displacement]] limits imposed by the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] system, which had governed [[capital ship]] construction since 1923. An escalator clause in the [[Second London Naval Treaty]] of 1936 allowed an increase from {{convert|35000|LT|t|lk=on}} to {{convert|45000|LT|t}} in the event that any member nation refused to sign the treaty, which Japan refused to do.<ref>Friedman 1985, pp. 306–307</ref>

''Wisconsin'' is {{convert|887|ft|3|in|1}} [[length overall|long overall]] and is {{convert|860|ft|m|1}} long at the [[waterline]]. The ship has a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{cvt|108|ft|2|in|0}} and a [[draft (nautical)|draft]] of {{cvt|37|ft|9|in|1}} at her [[Full-load displacement|full combat load]] of {{convert|57540|LT|t}}.<ref>Sumrall, p. 157</ref> The ''Iowa''-class ships are powered by four [[General Electric]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[screw propeller]] using steam provided by eight oil-fired [[Babcock & Wilcox boiler]]s. Rated at {{convert|212000|shp|lk=on}}, the turbines were designed to give a top speed of {{convert|32.5|kn|lk=in}}, but were built to handle a 20 percent overload. None of the ''Iowa''s ever ran [[sea trials|speed trials]] in deep water, but the [[Bureau of Ships]] estimated that they could reach a speed of about {{convert|34|kn}} from {{cvt|225000|shp}} at a light displacement of {{convert|51209|LT}}. The ships had a designed cruising range of {{convert|15000|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|15|kn}}, although ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s [[sister ship|half sister]] {{USS|New Jersey|BB-62|2}}'s fuel consumption figures during her sea trials suggest that her range was at least {{cvt|20150|nmi}} at that cruising speed. Their designed crew numbered 117&nbsp;officers and 1,804&nbsp;[[enlisted men]], and greatly increased by the end of the war in 1945.<ref>Friedman 1985, pp. 317, 319, 323, 449</ref> ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s crew at that time numbered 173 officers and 2,738 sailors.<ref>Sumrall, p. 159</ref>

===Armament, fire control, sensors and aircraft===
The [[main battery]] of the ''Iowa''-class ships consisted of nine [[16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun|{{cvt|16|in|0}}/50-caliber Mark 7 guns]]{{refn|/50 refers to the length of the gun in terms of [[Caliber (artillery)|calibers]]. A&nbsp;/50 gun is 50 times long as its bore diameter.|group=Note}} in three triple-[[gun turret]]s on the [[Centerline (nautical)|centerline]], two of which were placed in a [[superfire|superfiring pair]] forward of the [[superstructure]], with the third aft. Going from [[bow (ship)|bow]] to [[stern]], the turrets were designated I, II, and III. Their [[secondary armament|secondary battery]] consisted of twenty [[5"/38-caliber gun|{{cvt|5|in|0}}/38-caliber]] [[dual-purpose gun]]s mounted in twin-gun turrets clustered [[amidships]], five turrets on each [[broadside (naval)|broadside]]. Unlike their half sisters {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|2}} and ''New Jersey'' that were the first pair of ships built, {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|2}} and ''Wisconsin'' were completed with an [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft suite]] of twenty quadruple mounts for [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|{{cvt|40|mm|adj=on|sp=us}} Bofors]] [[AA gun]]s, nine mounts on each broadside and one each on the roofs of Turrets II and III. Forty-nine [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{convert|20|mm|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Oerlikon]] light AA [[auto-cannon]] in single mounts were distributed almost the length of the ships.<ref>Friedman 1985, pp. 323, 449</ref>

The primary means of controlling the main armament are two Mark 38 [[director (military)|director]]s for the [[Ship gun fire-control system|Mark 38 fire-control system]] mounted at the tops of the fore and aft fire-control towers in the superstructure. These directors were equipped with {{convert|25|ft|6|in|m|1|adj=mid|-long}} [[rangefinder]]s, although their primary sensor was the [[Mark 8 radar|Mark 8]] [[fire-control radar]] mounted on their roofs. A secondary Mark 40 fire-control director was installed inside the armored [[conning tower]] at the front of the superstructure that used the [[Mark 27 radar|Mark 27 fire-control radar]] positioned on the top of the conning tower. Each turret is fitted with a rangefinder {{convert|46|ft|m|0}} long and can act as a director for the other turrets. Four Mark 37 gunnery directors, two on the centerline at the ends of the superstructure and one on each broadside, control the five-inch guns. Each director was equipped with a {{convert|15|ft|m|1|adj=on}} rangefinder and a pair of radars on its roof. These were a [[Mark 12 radar|Mark 12]] fire-control system and a [[Mark 22 radar|Mark 22]] [[height-finder radar]]. Each 40&nbsp;mm mount was remotely controlled by a Mark 51 director that incorporated a Mark 14 lead-computing [[gyro gunsight]] while the sailors that used the 20&nbsp;mm gun used a Mark 14 sight to track their targets.<ref>Sumrall, pp. 91—94, 98–100, 102–103</ref>

A [[SK radar|SK-2]] [[early-warning radar]] was fitted on the ship's [[foremast]]; above it was a [[SG radar|SG]] [[surface-search radar]]. The other SG radar was mounted at the top of the mainmast positioned on the rear [[funnel (ship)|funnel]].<ref>Sumrall, pp. 109, 113</ref>

The ''Iowa''s were built with two rotating [[aircraft catapult]]s on their stern for [[floatplane]]s and a large [[crane (machine)|crane]] was fitted to recover them. Initially a trio of [[Vought OS2U Kingfisher]]s were carried, but these were replaced by [[Curtiss SC Seahawk]]s in December 1944.<ref>Sumrall, p. 94–95; Draminski, p. 29</ref>

===Protection===
The internal waterline [[armor belt]] of the ''Iowa''-class ships is {{cvt|12.1|in|0}} thick and has a height of {{cvt|10|ft|6|in|m|1}}. Below it is a [[strake]] of Class B [[rolled homogeneous armor|homogeneous armor]] plate that tapers in thickness from 12.1 inches at the top to {{cvt|1.62|in|mm}} at the bottom and is {{cvt|28|ft|m|1}} high. The two strakes of armor are inclined outwards at the top 19 degrees to improve the armor's resistance to horizontal fire. In general the vertical armor plates are made from Class A [[Krupp armour#Krupp cemented armour|cemented armor]] and the horizontal armor from Class B or [[Special treatment steel]] (STS). The belt armor extends to the two transverse [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead]]s fore and aft of the main-gun [[barbette]]s, forming the [[armored citadel]]. Part of the lower armor belt extends aft from the rear bulkhead to protect the ships' steering gear. Its maximum thickness ranges from {{cvt|13|to|13.5|in|mm|0}} at the top and the plates taper to 5 inches at the bottom. Unlike the ''Iowa'' and ''New Jersey'', the armor plates in the forward transverse bulkhead in ''Missouri'' and ''Wisconsin'' have a maximum thickness of {{cvt|14.5|in|0}} at the top that tapers to {{cvt|11.7|in|0}}. The aft bulkhead is a consistent 14.5 inches in thickness, but does not go below the lower belt extension due it meeting the armored third deck protecting the shafts and steering gears; the steering gear is closed by another 14.5-inch aft bulkhead.<ref>Sumrall, pp. 128–129, 170–171</ref>

The main-gun turrets have Class B plates {{cvt|19.5|in|0}} thick on their faces and {{cvt|9.5|in|0}} of Class A plates on their sides. The armor plates protecting their barbettes range in thickness from {{cvt|17.3|in|0}} to {{cvt|14.8|in|0}} and {{cvt|11.6|in|0}} with the thickest plates on the sides and the thinnest ones on the front and back. The sides of the conning tower are {{cvt|17.3|in}} thick. The [[main deck]] of the ''Iowa''s consists of {{cvt|1.5|in}} of STS. Below this deck, the roof of the armored citadel is formed by {{cvt|6|in|0}} of armor in two layers. Below this is a deck of {{convert|0.625|in|adj=on|0}} STS plates intended to stop splinters from shells that pierced the armored deck above it. The armor deck extends aft and the roof of the steering gear compartment is {{cvt|6.2|in}} thick.<ref>Sumrall, pp. 129–130</ref>

The [[Torpedo belt|underwater protection system]] of the ''Iowa''-class battleships consists of three [[watertight compartment]]s outboard of the lower armor belt and another behind it. The two outermost compartment are kept loaded with fuel oil or seawater to absorb the energy of the torpedo [[warhead]]'s detonation and slow the resulting splinters so they can be stopped by the lower armor belt. Behind the belt is a [[Torpedo bulkhead|holding bulkhead]] intended to protect the ships' inner spaces from any splinters that might penetrate and the subsequent flooding. For protection against [[naval mine]]s, the ''Iowa''s have a [[double bottom]] that runs the full length of the ships and increases to a triple bottom except at the bow and stern.<ref>Sumrall, pp. 130, 132</ref>

==History==
===Construction===
''Wisconsin'' was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the [[Wisconsin|US state of Wisconsin]].<ref name=DANFS/> The ship was authorized by Congress in 1938 and ordered on 12 June 1940 with the [[hull number]] BB-64.<ref name = Order/> Her [[keel]] was laid down on 25 January 1941, at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 7 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Goodland, wife of [[Walter Samuel Goodland|Walter S. Goodland]], the [[List of Governors of Wisconsin|Governor of Wisconsin]], and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 16 April 1944, with Captain [[Earl E. Stone]] in command.<ref name="DANFS">Cressman</ref><ref name="USS Wisconsin">{{cite web |title=Ship's History |url=https://www.usswisconsin.org/wp/ships-history/ |website=USS Wisconsin BB-64 |publisher=USS Wisconsin BB-64 Association of Former Crewmembers |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref>

''Wisconsin'' is numerically the highest-numbered US battleship built. Although her keel was laid after ''Missouri''{{'}}s, she was commissioned before ''Missouri''{{'}}s commissioning date. ''Wisconsin'' was commissioned on 16 April 1944, while ''Missouri'' was commissioned on 11 June of the same year. Thus, ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s construction began after ''Missouri''{{'}}s, and finished earlier.  ''Iowa'' and ''Wisconsin'' were finally stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 March 2006, making them the last battleships in service in the world.<ref name="Order">{{cite web | title = Naval Vessel Register – USS ''Wisconsin'' | url = {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=BB64}} |publisher= United States Navy | access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Naval Vessel Register – USS ''Missouri''| url = {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=BB63}} |publisher= United States Navy | access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref>

===World War II (1944–1945)===

====Shakedown and service with 3rd Fleet, Admiral Halsey====
[[File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at anchor on 30 May 1944 (80-G-453313).jpg|thumb|left|''Wisconsin'' during her initial sea trials in mid-1944]]
After the ship's trials and initial training in the [[Chesapeake Bay]], ''Wisconsin'' departed [[Norfolk, Virginia]], on 7 July 1944, bound for the [[British West Indies]]. Following her [[shakedown cruise]] (conducted out of [[Trinidad]]), she returned to the builder's yard for alterations and repairs. On 24 September, ''Wisconsin'' sailed for the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], transiting the [[Panama Canal]], and reporting for duty with the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] on 2 October. The battleship later steamed to Hawaiian waters for training exercises and then headed for the Western [[Caroline Islands]]. [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Edward Hanson]], commander of [[Battleship Division]] 9, hoisted his flag aboard ''Wisconsin'' on 25 November. Shortly after reaching [[Ulithi]], she was assigned to Task Group (TG) 38.2, part of [[Admiral]] [[William F. Halsey]]'s [[United States Third Fleet|3rd Fleet]]'s [[Fast Carrier Task Force]] (TF 38), on 11 December.<ref name="DANFS"/> Her primary duty was to serve as part of the anti-aircraft screen for the carriers. In addition to guarding the carriers, ''Wisconsin'' and the other battleships acted as [[Replenishment oiler|oilers]] for the escorting [[destroyer]]s, since the fleet's logistics train could not accompany the strike force during raids.<ref>Stillwell, p. 27</ref> The battleship arrived in time to participate in the [[Philippines campaign (1944–1945)|Philippines campaign]]. As a part of that operation, the planners had envisioned landings on the southwest coast of [[Mindoro]], south of [[Luzon]], which would allow American forces to interdict Japanese [[Line of communication|lines of communication]] through the [[South China Sea]].<ref name="DANFS"/>

[[File:Oklahoma Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|left|''Wisconsin'' tied up alongside the [[Hulk (ship type)|hulk]] of the [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] battleship {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37|2}} at [[Pearl Harbor]] in November 1944, prior to her departure to join up with the 3rd Fleet]]
The carriers had just completed three days of heavy raids against Japanese [[airfield]]s, suppressing enemy aircraft during the [[amphibious assault|amphibious operations]] against Mindoro<ref name="Cobra">{{cite web | title = Third Fleet in Typhoon Cobra, December 1944 | url = http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/cobra2.htm | work = History of US Naval Operations in World War II |publisher= Samuel Eliot Morison | access-date=8 January 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051018002436/http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/cobra2.htm |archive-date = 18 October 2005}}</ref> and had withdrawn to begin refueling at sea on 17 December about {{convert|300|miles|km|abbr=on}} east of Luzon in the [[Philippine Sea]].<ref name="PT">{{cite web | title = Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon, 18 December 1944 | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-4.htm | publisher = United States Navy | access-date = 8 January 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090103214049/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-4.htm | archive-date = 3 January 2009 }}</ref> The task force was struck by [[Typhoon Cobra (1944)|Typhoon Cobra]] the following day. The small but violent typhoon surprised the task force while many of the ships were attempting to refuel. Three destroyers [[capsized]] while nine other ships were seriously damaged.<ref name="PT"/>''Wisconsin'' was not damaged, but reported two injured sailors as a result of the typhoon.<ref name="Cobra"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Pacific Typhoon, 18 December: Personnel Casualties Suffered by Third Fleet, 17–18 December 1944, Compiled from Official Sources | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-4c.htm | publisher = United States Navy | access-date = 8 January 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090209092930/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-4c.htm | archive-date = 9 February 2009 }}</ref>

TF 38 attacked Japanese airfields in [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Formosa]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], and the [[Sakishima Islands]] with TG 38.2 tasked to cover southern Formosa and the [[Pescadore Islands]] beginning on 3 January 1945 to destroy aircraft that the Japanese had concentrated there to attack any amphibious landings on [[Luzon island|Luzon Island]]. The Americans caught the Japanese by surprise and claimed to have destroyed 170 aircraft that had been unable to [[takeoff|take-off]] due to bad weather in two days of [[airstrike]]s. TF 38 withdrew to refuel on 5 January while the Japanese aircraft based on Luzon were attacking the ships of the [[United States Seventh Fleet|7th Fleet]] with some effect. The 7th Fleet was approaching [[Lingayen Gulf]] to conduct [[Invasion of Lingayen Gulf|an amphibious landing of Luzon]].<ref>Lardas, pp. 48–50</ref>

TF 38 was able to so thoroughly suppress the airfields on Luzon on 6–7 January that the landings were undisrupted by Japanese aircraft when they began on 9 January. The ships refueled on 8 January while moving northwards for another round of attacks on Formosa and Okinawa that began the following day with TG 38.2 this time attacking northern Formosa. This time they also attacked Japanese shipping. The task force entered the South China Sea on the night of 9/10 January to execute the next phase of Halsey's plan to interdict Japanese shipping lanes and destroy the Japanese forces defending the area, specifically including any [[capital ship]]s of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], as naval intelligence had reported two hybrid carrier/battleships, {{ship|Japanese battleship|Ise||2}} and {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hyūga||2}}, at [[Cam Ranh Bay]] in occupied [[French Indochina]].<ref>Lardas, pp. 50–52</ref>

Halsey tasked ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s carrier group with closing to {{convert|50|km}} of the Indochinese coast on 12 January while the rest of TF 38 supported TG 38.2 and attacked other targets further north. Halsey also formed a surface action group from TG 38.2 with ''Wisconsin'' and ''New Jersey'' and five [[cruiser]]s to bombard Cam Ranh Bay under cover of the morning's airstrikes, but night [[reconnaissance aircraft]] revealed well before dawn that the two hybrids were no longer there and their mission was canceled. They resumed their escort duties, but surprise was complete and no Japanese aircraft attacked TG 38.2. TF 38 withdrew shortly after sunset and refueled the following day in the middle of the South China Sea despite another typhoon in the area.<ref>Lardas, pp. 53, 56, 61; Rohwer, p. 380</ref>

Formosa was raided again on 15 January, and 21 January. Throughout January ''Wisconsin'' shielded the carriers as they conducted air raids at Hong Kong, [[Guangzhou|Canton]], [[Hainan Island]], the Canton [[oil refinery|oil refineries]], the Hong Kong Naval Station, and [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].<ref name="DANFS"/>

====Service with 5th Fleet, Admiral Spruance====
[[File:WWII Wisconsin.JPG|thumb|left|''Wisconsin'' escorting ''Essex''-class aircraft carriers during World War II]]
''Wisconsin'' was assigned to the [[United States Fifth Fleet|5th Fleet]] when Admiral [[Raymond A. Spruance]] relieved Admiral Halsey as commander of the fleet while it was anchored in Ulithi. She moved northward with the redesignated TG 58.2 as the carriers departed for the [[Tokyo]] area on 10 February. The ship was transferred to TF 59 under Vice Admiral [[Willis Augustus Lee|Willis Lee]] three days later, covering the carriers of TF 58 as they attacked targets around Tokyo and on [[Chichijima]] between 16 and 25 February to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing [[Iwo Jima]]. On 20 February Captain [[John W. Roper]] relieved Stone, and the 5th Fleet arrived back at Ulithi on 4 March to resupply.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref>Macdonald, pp. 424–435</ref>

Still assigned to TF 59, ''Wisconsin'' departed Ulithi on 14 March bound for Japan. Their mission was to neutralize or destroy aircraft, their airfields and warships that could interfere with the invasion of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] ([[Operation Iceberg]]) that was scheduled for 1 April.<ref>Macdonald, p. 438</ref> On 24 March, the ship joined ''Missouri'' and ''New Jersey'' as they bombarded targets in southeastern Okinawa to deceive the Japanese about the location of the intended landing beaches, which were actually on the western coast. Five days later, a crewman aboard ''Missouri'' was wounded by a 20&nbsp;mm shell from ''Wisconsin'' as a Japanese aircraft flew between the ships at low level.<ref>Stillwell, pp. 30, 32</ref><ref>Rohwer, p. 402</ref>

''Wisconsin'' and ''Missouri'' were transferred to TG 58.4 afterwards<ref>Rohwer, p. 408</ref> and they resumed their primary duty of protecting the aircraft carriers. The ships returned to Ulithi on 14 May where they replenished their supplies and ammunition before setting off for Okinawa again on 24 May. Halsey relieved Spruance on 28 May and the units switched designations accordingly. The task group avoided a typhoon that shut down air operations from 4 to 7 June. The following day the carriers' aircraft attacked targets on [[Kyushu|Kyūshū]], southernmost of the [[Japanese Home Islands]]. One of ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s floatplanes rescued a pilot from the carrier {{USS|Shangri-La|CV-38|2}} that day. TF 38 headed to [[Leyte]], Philippines, on 11 June and arrived there two days later. The battleship received repairs over the following three weeks while restocking ammunition and supplies.<ref name="DANFS"/>

====Bombardment of Japan====
{{see also|Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II}}

Accompanied by her sisters ''Iowa'' and ''Missouri'' in TG 38.4, ''Wisconsin'' departed on 1 July for operations in Japanese home waters and the carriers commenced their attacks 9 days later. On 15 July the three battleships bombarded the [[blast furnace]]s and other facilities of the [[Japan Steel Works]] as well the [[coal liquefication]] plants and [[Coke (fuel)|coking]] ovens in [[Muroran]] and adjacent Wanishi, [[Hokkaido]], with 860 main-gun shells. While only 170 landed within the boundaries of the plants they demolished half of the coke ovens and all but one of the blast furnaces. Reinforced by the British battleship {{HMS|King George V||2}} and the American battleships {{USS|Alabama|BB-60|2}} and {{USS|North Carolina|BB-55|2}}, the sisters bombarded industrial facilities in the [[Hitachi Province|Hitachi Miro]] area, northeast of Tokyo with a total of 1,207 16- and 267 {{convert|14|in|adj=on|0}} shells. The attack reduced [[copper]] output from {{cvt|40000|to|1500|ST|t|lk=on}} per month.<ref>Rohwer, pp. 421–422</ref><ref>Lane Herder, pp. 59–60, 62</ref>

Afterward the ships returned to the carrier groups, resuming their tasks of covering them from attack. The Japanese surrendered on 15 August, ending World War II. "''Wisconsin'', as part of the occupying force, arrived at Tokyo Bay on 5 September, three days after the formal surrender occurred on board the ''Missouri''. During ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s brief career in World War II, she had steamed {{convert|105831|mi|km|abbr=on}} since commissioning, shot down three enemy planes, claimed assists on four occasions, and  fueled her screening destroyers on some 250 occasions."<ref name="DANFS"/>

====Post World War II (1945–1950)====
Shifting subsequently to Okinawa, the battleship embarked homeward-bound GIs on 22 September 1945, as part of [[Operation Magic Carpet]] staged to bring soldiers, sailors, and marines home from the far-flung battlefronts of the Pacific. Departing Okinawa on 23 September, ''Wisconsin'' reached Pearl Harbor on 4 October, remaining there for five days before she pushed on for the West Coast on the last leg of her state-side bound voyage. She reached San Francisco on 15 October.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Heading for the East Coast of the United States soon after the start of the new year, 1946, ''Wisconsin'' transited the Panama Canal from 11 to 13 January and reached [[Hampton Roads]], Virginia, on 18 January. Following a cruise south to [[Guantánamo Bay]], Cuba, the battleship entered the [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] for overhaul. After repairs and alterations that consumed the summer, ''Wisconsin'' sailed for South American waters. Over the weeks that ensued, the battleship visited [[Valparaíso]], Chile, from 1–6 November; [[Callao]], Peru, from 9–13 November; [[Balboa, Canal Zone]], from 16 to 20 November; and [[La Guaira, Venezuela]], from 22 to 26 November, before returning to Norfolk on 2 December 1946. ''Wisconsin'' spent nearly all of 1947 as a training ship, taking naval reservists on two-week cruises throughout the year. Those voyages commenced at [[Bayonne, New Jersey]], and saw visits conducted at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the Panama Canal Zone. While underway at sea, the ship would perform various drills and exercises before the cruise would end where it had started, at Bayonne. During June and July 1947, ''Wisconsin'' took [[United States Naval Academy]] midshipmen on cruises to northern European waters. In January 1948, ''Wisconsin'' reported to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Norfolk for inactivation. Placed out of commission, in reserve on 1 July, ''Wisconsin'' was assigned to the Norfolk group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.<ref name="DANFS"/>

===Korean War (1950–1952)===
[[File:Wisconsin (BB-64), USS Saint Paul (CA-73) and USS Buck (DD-761) underway off Korea on 22 February 1952 (80-G-440021).jpg|thumb|{{USS|Buck|DD-761|2}}, ''Wisconsin'', and {{USS|Saint Paul|CA-73|2}} steam in close formation during operations off the Korean coast, 1952]]

Her sojourn in "mothballs" was rather brief, due to the [[North Korea]]n [[Korean War|invasion of]] [[South Korea]] in late June 1950. ''Wisconsin'' was recommissioned on 3 March 1951 with Captain Thomas Burrowes in command.<ref name="DANFS"/> After shakedown training, the revitalized battleship conducted two midshipmen training cruises, taking the officers-to-be to [[Edinburgh]], Scotland; [[Lisbon, Portugal]]; [[City of Halifax|Halifax]], Nova Scotia; New York City and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba before she returned to Norfolk.<ref name="DANFS" />

''Wisconsin'' departed Norfolk on 25 October, bound for the Pacific. She transited the Panama Canal on 29 October and reached Yokosuka, Japan on 21 November. There she relieved {{USS|New Jersey|BB-62|2}} as [[flagship]] for Vice Admiral [[Harold M. Martin]], Commander [[United States Seventh Fleet|7th Fleet]].<ref name="DANFS"/>

On 26 November, with Martin and Rear Admiral [[Francis Denebrink]], Commander, Service Force Pacific embarked, ''Wisconsin'' departed Yokosuka for Korean waters to support the fast carrier operations of TF 77. She left the company of the carrier force on 2 December, and screened by the destroyer {{USS|Wiltsie|DD-716|2}}, provided gunfire support for the [[Republic of Korea]] (ROK) Corps in the [[Kasong]]-[[Kosong]] area. After disembarking Admiral Denebrink on 3 December at [[Gangneung|Kangnung]], the battleship resumed station on the Korean "bombline", providing gunfire support for the American 1st Marine Division. ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s shelling accounted for a tank, two gun emplacements, and a building. She continued her gunfire support task for the 1st Marine Division and 1st ROK Corps through 6 December, accounting for enemy bunkers, artillery positions, and troop concentrations. On one occasion during that time, the battleship received a request for call-fire support and provided three star-shells for the 1st ROK Corps, illuminating an enemy attack that was consequently repulsed with a considerable number of enemy casualties.<ref name="DANFS"/>

After being relieved on the gunline by the [[heavy cruiser]] {{USS|Saint Paul|CA-73|2}} on 6 December, ''Wisconsin'' briefly retired from gunfire-support duties. She resumed them in the Kasong-Kosong area on 11 December screened by the destroyer {{USS|Twining|DD-540|2}}. The following day, 12 December, had the [[helicopter]] embarkation on ''Wisconsin'' of Rear Admiral H. R. Thurber, Commander Battleship Division 2 (BatDiv 2), as part of his inspection trip in the Far East.<ref name="DANFS"/>

''Wisconsin'' continued her naval gunfire-support duties on the bombline, shelling enemy bunkers, command posts, artillery positions, and trench systems through 14 December. She departed the "bombline" on that day to render special gunfire support duties in the [[Kojo, North Korea|Kojo]] area shelling coastal targets in support of United Nations (UN) troops ashore. That same day, ''Wisconsin'' returned to the Kasong-Kosong area. On 15 December, she disembarked Admiral Thurber by helicopter. The next day, ''Wisconsin'' departed Korean waters, heading for [[U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo|Sasebo]] to rearm.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Returning to the combat zone on 17 December, ''Wisconsin'' embarked United States Senator [[Homer S. Ferguson|Homer Ferguson]] of [[Michigan]] on 18 December. That day, the battleship supported the 11th ROK invasion with night illumination fire that enabled the ROK troops to repulse a North Korean assault with heavy enemy casualties.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> Departing the "bombline" on 19 December, the battleship transferred Ferguson by helicopter to the carrier {{USS|Valley Forge|CV-45|2}}.<ref name="DANFS"/>

On 20 December, ''Wisconsin'' participated in a coordinated air-surface bombardment of [[Wonsan]] to neutralize selected targets in its area. The ship shifted its bombardment station to the western end of Wonsan harbor, hitting boats and small craft in the inner swept channel with her 5-inch (127&nbsp;mm) guns during the afternoon and helping forestall attempts to assault the friendly-held islands nearby. ''Wisconsin'' then made an antiboat sweep to the north, firing her 5-inch batteries on suspected boat concentrations. She then provided gunfire support to UN troops operating at the bombline until 22 December, when she rejoined the carrier task force.<ref name="DANFS"/>

[[File:Wisconsin in Korea.JPG|thumb|left|''Wisconsin'' shells North Korean targets during the Korean War]]

On 28 December, Cardinal [[Francis Spellman]], on a Korean tour over the Christmas holidays, helicoptered aboard the ship to celebrate Mass for Catholic crew members. He left as he came, off [[Pohang]]. On New Year's Eve day, ''Wisconsin'' put into Yokosuka.<ref name="DANFS"/>

''Wisconsin'' departed that port on 8 January 1952 and returned to Korean waters. She reached [[Pusan]] the following day and entertained the [[president of South Korea]], [[Syngman Rhee]], and his wife, on 10 January. The couple received full military honors as they came aboard, which Rhee reciprocated by awarding Vice Admiral Martin the ROK Order of the Military Merit.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

''Wisconsin'' returned to the bombline on 11 January, and over the ensuing days, delivered heavy gunfire support for the 1st Marine Division and the 1st ROK Corps. As before, her primary targets were command posts, shelters, bunkers, troop concentrations, and mortar positions. As before, she stood ready to deliver call-fire support as needed, shelling enemy troops in the open on 14 January at the request of the ROK 1st Corps.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Rearming once more at Sasebo, she shortly joined TF 77 off the coast of Korea and resumed support at the bombline on 23 January. Three days later, she shifted again to the Kojo region, to participate in a coordinated air and gun strike. That same day, the battleship returned to the bombline and shelled the command post and communications center for the 15th North Korean Division during call-fire missions for the 1st Marine Division.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

Returning to Wonsan at the end of January, ''Wisconsin'' bombarded enemy guns at [[Hodo Pando]] before she was rearmed at Sasebo. The battleship rejoined TF 77 on 2 February, and the next day blasted railway buildings and marshaling yards at Hodo Pando and Kojo before rejoining TF 77. After replenishment at Yokosuka a few days later, she returned to the Kosong area and resumed gunfire support. During that time, she destroyed railway bridges and a small shipyard while conducting call-fire missions on enemy command posts, bunkers, and personnel shelters, making numerous cuts on enemy trench lines in the process.<ref name="DANFS"/>

On 26 February, ''Wisconsin'' arrived at Pusan, where Vice Admiral Shon, the ROK chief of naval operations, United States Ambassador J.J. Muccio and Rear Admiral Scott-Montcrief, [[Royal Navy]], Commander, Task Group 95.12 (TG 95.12) visited the battleship. Departing that South Korean port the following day, ''Wisconsin'' reached Yokosuka on 2 March. A week later, she shifted to Sasebo to prepare to return to Korean waters.<ref name="DANFS"/>

''Wisconsin'' arrived off [[Kimchaek|Songjin]], Korea, on 15 March and concentrated her gunfire on enemy railway transport. Early that morning, she destroyed a communist troop train trapped outside a destroyed tunnel. That afternoon, she received the first direct hit in her history, when one of four shells from a North Korean 155 mm<ref name="DANFS" /> gun battery struck the shield of a starboard 40&nbsp;mm mount. Although little material damage resulted, three men were injured.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> ''Wisconsin'' subsequently destroyed that battery with a full 16-inch (406&nbsp;mm) salvo before continuing her mission.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> After again supporting 1st Marine Division with her heavy rifles, the battleship returned to Japan on 19 March.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Relieved as flagship of the 7th Fleet on 1 April by sister ship {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|2}}, ''Wisconsin'' departed Yokosuka, bound for the United States. En route home, she touched briefly at [[Guam]], where she took part in the successful test of the Navy's largest floating dry dock on 4–5 April, the first ever to accommodate an ''Iowa''-class battleship. She continued her homeward-bound voyage via Pearl Harbor and arrived at [[Long Beach, California]], on 19 April before continuing on for Norfolk.<ref name="DANFS"/>

===After the Korean War (1952–1981)===
[[File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) off Norfolk during 1950s.jpg|thumb|''Wisconsin'' off Norfolk during the 1950s]]

On 9 June, ''Wisconsin'' resumed her role as a training ship, taking midshipmen to [[Greenock]], Scotland; [[Brest, France]]; and Guantánamo Bay, before returning to Norfolk. She departed Hampton Roads on 25 August and participated in the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] exercise [[Operation Mainbrace]], which was held out of Greenock, Scotland. After her return to Norfolk, ''Wisconsin'' underwent an overhaul in the naval shipyard there. ''Wisconsin'' remained in the Atlantic fleet throughout 1952 and into 1953, training midshipmen and conducting exercises. After a month of routine maintenance ''Wisconsin'' departed Norfolk on 9 September 1953, bound for the Far East.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Sailing via the Panama Canal to Japan, ''Wisconsin'' relieved ''New Jersey'' as 7th Fleet flagship on 12 October. During the months that followed, ''Wisconsin'' visited the Japanese ports of [[Kobe]], [[Sasebo, Nagasaki|Sasebo]], Yokosuka, [[Otaru]], and [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]]. She spent Christmas at Hong Kong and was ultimately relieved of flagship duties on 1 April 1954 and returned to the United States soon thereafter, reaching Norfolk, via Long Beach and the Panama Canal, on 4 May.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Entering the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 11 June, ''Wisconsin'' underwent a brief overhaul and commenced a midshipman training cruise on 12 July. After revisiting Greenock, Brest, and Guantánamo Bay, the ship returned to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs. Shortly thereafter, ''Wisconsin'' participated in Atlantic Fleet exercises as flagship for the commander, Second Fleet. Departing Norfolk in January 1955, ''Wisconsin'' took part in Operation Springboard, during which she visited Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Then, upon returning to Norfolk, the battleship conducted another midshipman's cruise that summer, visiting Edinburgh, [[Copenhagen, Denmark]], and Guantánamo Bay before returning to the United States.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Upon completion of a major overhaul at the [[New York Naval Shipyard]], ''Wisconsin'' headed south for refresher training in the [[Caribbean Sea]], later taking part in another Springboard exercise. During that cruise, she again visited Port-au-Prince and added [[Tampico, Mexico]], and [[Cartagena, Colombia]], to her list of ports of call. She returned to Norfolk on the last day of March 1955 for local operations.<ref name="DANFS"/> On 18 October, while operating in the [[East River]] in New York Harbor, ''Wisconsin'' was accidentally grounded, but the ship was freed in about an hour without any serious damage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benjamin |first1=Philip |title=Battleship Grounded on Reef Off Battery |work=The New York Times |issue=35697 |date=October 19, 1955 |pages=1, 19}}</ref>

[[File:USSWisconsonOops.jpg|thumb|left|Damage to ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s [[bow (ship)|bow]] from collision with {{USS|Eaton|DDE-510|2}} on May 6, 1956]]

In April and the beginning of May 1956, ''Wisconsin'' operated in the Virginia Capes area. On 6 May, in heavy fog, the battleship collided with the destroyer {{USS|Eaton|DDE-510|2}}. ''Wisconsin'' suffered extensive [[bow (ship)|bow]] damage,<ref name="DANFS" /> and ''Eaton'' was also badly damaged. The battleship was sent to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs.<ref>Garzke & Dulin, p. 134</ref>  A novel experiment sped her repairs and enabled the ship to carry out her scheduled midshipman training cruise that summer. A 120-ton, 68&nbsp;foot (21&nbsp;m) section of the bow of ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s incomplete sister ship {{USS|Kentucky|BB-66|2}} was transported by barge, in one section, from [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding]] and Drydock Corporation of [[Newport News, Virginia]], across Hampton Roads to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.<ref name="DANFS"/> Repair personnel completed the operation that grafted on the new bow in 16 days. On 28 June 1956, the ship was ready for sea.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

''Wisconsin'' resumed her midshipman training on 9 July 1956. That autumn, ''Wisconsin'' participated in Atlantic Fleet exercises off the coast of the Carolinas, returning to port on 8 November 1956. Entering the Norfolk Naval Shipyard a week later, the battleship underwent major repairs that were not finished until 2 January 1957.<ref name="DANFS"/>

After local operations off the Virginia capes on 3–4 January 1957 and from 9–11 January, ''Wisconsin'' departed Norfolk on 16 January, reporting to the commander, Fleet Training Group, at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay. ''Wisconsin'' served as Admiral [[Henry C. Crommelin]]'s flagship during the ensuing shore bombardment practices and other exercises held off the isle of [[Culebra, Puerto Rico]], from 2–4 February. Sailing for Norfolk upon completion of the training period, the battleship arrived on 7 February and resumed local operations off Norfolk. On 27 March, ''Wisconsin'' sailed for the [[Mediterranean Sea]], reaching [[Gibraltar]] on 6 April, she pushed on that day to rendezvous with TF 60 in the [[Aegean Sea]] before reporting to Turkey for the NATO exercise Red Pivot.<ref name="DANFS"/>

Departing Xeros Bay on 14 April, she arrived at [[Naples]] four days later, and conducted exercises in the eastern Mediterranean. In the course of those operational training evolutions, she rescued a pilot and crewman who survived the crash of a plane from the aircraft carrier {{USS|Forrestal|CVA-59|2}}.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> ''Wisconsin'' reached [[Valencia, Spain]], on 10 May, and three days later, entertained prominent civilian and military officials of the city.<ref name="DANFS"/>

[[File:USSKentuckyBow.jpg|thumb|The bow of ''Kentucky'' was transported in one section, by barge, to repair ''Wisconsin'']]

Departing Valencia on 17 April, ''Wisconsin'' reached Norfolk on 27 May.<ref name="DANFS" /> En route, she was called upon to sink a [[Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter|Boeing KC-97F-55-BO Stratofreighter]], 51-0258, which had ditched in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]  on 9 May, 550&nbsp;km (343.8&nbsp;mi) southeast of the [[Azores Islands]] following a double engine failure, and subsequently floated for 10 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570509-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-97F-55-BO Stratofreighter 51-0258 Azores Islands|author=Harro Ranter|date=9 May 1957|work=aviation-safety.net|access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref>

On 27 May, Rear Admiral [[Lewis Smith Parks|Lewis S. Parks]] relieved Rear Admiral Crommelin as commander, BatDiv 2. Departing Norfolk on 19 June, the battleship, over the ensuing weeks, conducted a midshipman training cruise through the Panama Canal to South American waters, and reached Valparaiso on 3 July. Eight days later, the battleship headed back to the Panama Canal and the Atlantic.<ref name="DANFS"/>

After exercises at Guantánamo Bay and off Culebra, ''Wisconsin'' reached Norfolk on 5 August and conducted local operations that lasted into September. She then participated in [[Operation Strikeback|NATO exercises]], which took her across the North Atlantic to the [[British Isles]].<ref name="DANFS"/>

''Wisconsin''{{'}}s days as an active fleet unit were numbered, and she prepared to make her last cruise. On 4 November, she departed Norfolk with a large group of prominent guests on board. Reaching New York City on 6 November, the battleship disembarked her guests, and on 8 November, headed for Bayonne, New Jersey, to commence a preinactivation overhaul. She was placed out of commission at Bayonne on 8 March 1958, and joined the [[United States Navy reserve fleets|United States Navy reserve fleet]] (better known as the "mothball fleet") there, leaving the Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1895.<ref name="DANFS"/> Subsequently, taken to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, ''Wisconsin'' remained there with her sister ship ''Iowa'' into the 1980s.<ref name="DANFS"/> While berthed in the Philadelphia Naval Yard, an electrical fire damaged the ship and left her as the ''Iowa''-class battleship in the worst material condition prior to her 1980s reactivation.<ref>{{Cite news | publication-date = April 1987 | year =1987 | title =Back on the battle line | periodical =All Hands | location =Arlington, VA | issue =841 | pages =28–29 }}</ref>

===Reactivation (1986–1990)===
[[File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at sea c1990.jpg|thumb|left|''Wisconsin'' alongside {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60|2}} (CV-60) around 1990–1991]]

As part of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[Secretary of the Navy|Navy Secretary]] [[John F. Lehman]]'s effort to create a "[[600-ship Navy]]," ''Wisconsin'' was reactivated 1 August 1986, a [[Pre-Commissioning Unit|precommissioning unit]] (PCU) crew established, and the ship moved under tow to the [[Avondale Shipyard]] in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, to commence pre-recommissioning workups. The battleship was then towed from the Avondale Shipyard and arrived at [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]], on 2 January 1987 to receive weapons system upgrades for her modernization.<ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> During the modernization, ''Wisconsin'' had all of her remaining 20 mm Oerlikon and 40 mm Bofors antiaircraft guns removed, due to their ineffectiveness against modern [[Fighter aircraft|jet fighters]] and enemy antiship missiles; additionally, the two {{convert|5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} gun mounts located at midship and in the [[aft]] on the [[Port (nautical)|port]] and [[starboard]] sides of the battleship were removed.<ref name="FAS Iowa">{{cite web | title = BB-61 IOWA-class (Specifications)|url = https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/bb-61.htm |publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]] |access-date=26 November 2006}}</ref>

Over the next several months, the ship was upgraded with the most advanced weaponry available.  Among the new weapon systems installed were four MK 141 quad cell launchers for 16 RGM-84 Harpoon antiship missiles, eight armored box launcher mounts for 32 [[Tomahawk (missile family)|BGM-109 Tomahawk]] missiles, and four of the United States Navy's Phalanx [[Close-in weapon system]] 20&nbsp;mm [[Gatling gun]]s for defense against enemy antiship missiles and enemy aircraft.<ref name="FAS Iowa"/><ref name="The Battleships II">{{cite book |author1=Johnston, Ian |author2=McAuley, Rob |name-list-style=amp | title =The Battleships | publisher =Channel 4 Books (an imprint of Pan Macmillan, LTD) | year =2002 | location =London | page =183 | url = http://www.panmacmillan.com/ | isbn =0-7522-6188-6}}</ref><ref name="The Navy">{{cite book | last =Holland | first =W. J. | title =The Navy | publisher =[[Barnes & Noble]], Inc., by arrangement with Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc. | year =2004 | location =China | page =184 | isbn =0-7607-6218-X}}</ref> ''Wisconsin'' also received eight [[RQ-2 Pioneer]] [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s, remotely controlled drones that replaced the helicopters previously used to spot for her nine {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns.<ref name="Drone">{{cite web | title = The Warfighter's Encyclopedia: Aircraft&nbsp;– RQ-2 Pioneer|url = https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/aircraft/UAVs/pioneer.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715081423/https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/aircraft/UAVs/pioneer.htm|archive-date=15 July 2007|publisher=US Navy}}</ref> Also included in her modernization were upgrades to [[radar]] and [[fire control system]]s for her guns and missiles, and improved [[electronic warfare]] capabilities.<ref name="FAS Iowa"/> Armed as such, ''Wisconsin'' was formally recommissioned on 22 October 1988 in Pascagoula, under the command of Captain Jerry M. Blesch, USN. Assigned to the [[U.S. Fleet Forces Command|United States Atlantic Fleet]], she was subsequently homeported at [[Naval Station Norfolk]], Virginia, where she became the centerpiece of her own surface action group (SAG), also referred to as a [[battleship battle group]] (BBBG).

''Wisconsin'' spent the first part of 1989 conducting training exercises in the Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Puerto Rico before returning to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a post-recommissioning shakedown that lasted the rest of the year. In mid-1990, the battleship participated in a fleet exercise.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

===Gulf War (January/February 1991)===
[[File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) launching Tomahawk.jpg|thumb|''Wisconsin'' launches a BGM-109 Tomahawk missile during Operation Desert Storm]]

On 2 August 1990, [[Iraq]] invaded [[Kuwait]]. In the middle of the month, President [[George H. W. Bush]], in keeping with the [[Carter Doctrine]], sent the first of several hundred thousand troops, along with a strong force of naval support, to [[Saudi Arabia]] and the Persian Gulf area to support a multinational force in a standoff with Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]]. On 7 August, ''Wisconsin'' and her battle group were ordered to deploy in defense of Kuwait for [[Operation Desert Shield]], and they arrived in the Persian Gulf on 23 August.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> On 15 January 1991, [[Operation Desert Storm]] commenced operations, and ''Wisconsin'' found herself serving alongside her sister ''Missouri'', just as she had done in Korea 40 years previously. Both ''Wisconsin'' and ''Missouri'' launched Tomahawk missile attacks against Iraq; they were among the first ships to fire cruise missiles during the 1991 Gulf War. ''Wisconsin'' served as the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) strike commander for the Persian Gulf, directing the sequence of launches that marked the opening of Operation Desert Storm and firing a total of 24 of her own TLAMs during the first two days of the campaign.<ref name="Desert Storm">{{cite web|title=V: "Thunder And Lightning"- The War With Iraq (Subsection:The War At Sea) |work=The United States Navy in "Desert Shield" / "Desert Storm" |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/dstorm/ds5.htm |publisher=[[United States Navy]] |access-date=26 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205022732/http://history.navy.mil/wars/dstorm/ds5.htm |archive-date= 5 December 2006 }}</ref> ''Wisconsin'' also assumed the responsibility of the local antisurface warfare coordinator for the Northern Persian Gulf Surface Action Group.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

''Wisconsin'', escorted by {{USS|Nicholas|FFG-47|2}}, relieved ''Missouri'' on 6 February, then answered her first combat call for gunfire support since March 1952. The recently recommissioned battleship sent 11 shells {{convert|19|mi|km|abbr=on}} to destroy an Iraqi [[artillery]] battery in southern Kuwait during a mission called in by [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]] [[OV-10 Bronco]] aircraft. Using an RQ-2 Pioneer [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]] as a spotter in combat for the first time, ''Wisconsin'' pounded an Iraqi communications compound on 7 February. Her main guns lobbed 24 shells on Iraqi artillery sites, missile facilities, and electronic-warfare sites along the coast. That evening, she targeted naval sites with her {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns, firing 50 rounds, which severely damaged or sank 15 Iraqi boats, and destroyed several piers at the Khawr al-Mufattah [[marina]].<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> In response to calls for fire support from US and coalition forces, ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s main battery was used again on 9 February, blasting bunkers and artillery sites, and shelling Iraqi troop positions near [[Khafji]] after the Iraqis were ousted from the city by Saudi and Qatari armor.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> On 21 February, one of ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s UAVs observed several trucks resupplying an Iraqi command post; in response, ''Wisconsin'' trained her {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns on the complex, leveling or heavily damaging 10 of the buildings.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> ''Wisconsin'' and ''Missouri'' alternated positions on the gun line, using their {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns to destroy enemy targets and soften defenses along the Kuwait coastline for a possible [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious assault]].<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/><ref name="Desert Storm"/>

[[File:Wisconsin Shoots.JPG|thumb|left|''Wisconsin'' bombarding Iraqi positions during the 1991 Persian Gulf War]]

On the night of 23 February, ''Missouri'' and ''Wisconsin'' turned their big guns on Kuwait's [[Faylaka Island]] to support the US-led coalition ground offensive to free Kuwait from the Iraqi occupation forces. The two ships were to conduct a [[feint|diversionary assault]] aimed at convincing the Iraqi forces arrayed along the shores of Faylaka Island that coalition forces were preparing to launch an amphibious invasion.<ref name="Desert Storm"/> As part of this attack, ''Missouri'' and ''Wisconsin'' were directed to shell known Iraqi defensive positions on the island. Shortly after ''Missouri'' completed her shelling of Faylaka Island, ''Wisconsin'', while still over the horizon (and thus out of visual range of the Iraqi forces) launched her RQ-2 Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to spot for her {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns. As ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s drone approached Faylaka Island, the pilot of the drone was instructed to fly the vehicle low over Iraqi positions so that the soldiers would know that they were once again being targeted by a battleship.<ref name="Drone"/> Iraqi troops on the ground heard the Pioneer's distinctive buzzing sound, and having witnessed the effects of ''Missouri''{{'}}s artillery strike on their trench line, the Iraqi troops decided to signal their willingness to [[Surrender (military)|surrender]] by waving makeshift [[white flag]]s, an action dutifully noted aboard ''Wisconsin''. Amused at this sudden development, the men assigned to the drone's aircrew called ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s commanding officer, Captain [[David S. Bill III]], and asked, "Sir, they want to surrender, what should I do with them?"<ref name="Drone"/> This surrender to ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s Pioneer has since become one of the most remembered moments of the Gulf War; the incident was also the first-ever surrender of enemy troops to an unmanned aircraft controlled by a ship.<ref>[[Federation of American Scientists]]. [https://fas.org/irp/program/collect/pioneer.htm Pioneer Short Range (SR) UAV]. Retrieved 26 November 2006.</ref><ref>[[National Air and Space Museum]], [[Smithsonian Institution]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080117120211/http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/pioneer.htm Pioneer RQ-2A]. 14 September 2001. Retrieved 26 November 2006.</ref> ''Wisconsin'' drone also carried out a number of reconnaissance missions on occupied Kuwait before the coalition's ground offensive.<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

The next day, ''Wisconsin'' answered two separate call-fire support missions for coalition forces by suppressing Iraqi troops barricaded in two bunkers. After witnessing the effects of ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s strike against the Iraqi positions, an elated Saudi marine commander commented over the radio, "I wish we had a battleship in our navy."<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/>

Both ''Wisconsin'' and ''Missouri'' delivered more than 1 million pounds of ordnance on Iraqi targets by the time President George H. W. Bush ended hostilities on 28 February. With one last salvo from her big guns, ''Wisconsin'' fired the last naval gunfire-support mission of the war,<ref name="Desert Storm"/> and thus was the final battleship in world history to see action. ''Wisconsin'' remained in the Persian Gulf after the cease-fire took effect, and returned home on 28 March 1991. During the eight months ''Wisconsin'' spent in the Persian Gulf, she had flown 348 UAV hours, recorded 661 safe helicopter landings, steamed {{convert|46000|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}}, fired 319 {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} rounds,<ref name="Polmar, p. 129">Polmar, p. 129</ref> 881 {{convert|5|in|mm|0|adj=on}} rounds, and 5,200 20&nbsp;mm Phalanx CIWS rounds,<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/> and launched 24 Tomahawk cruise missiles.<ref name="Polmar, p. 129"/> Since all four remaining battleships were decommissioned and stricken following the Gulf War, this was the last time that United States battleships actively participated in a war.<ref name="The Battleships II"/>

===Museum ship (1992–present)===
[[File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) decommissioning.jpg|thumb|Crewmembers manned the rails aboard ''Wisconsin'' during her decommissioning ceremony.]]

With the [[History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)|collapse of the Soviet Union]] in the early 1990s and the absence of a perceived threat to the United States came drastic cuts in the defense budget. The high cost of maintaining and operating battleships as part of the United States Navy's active fleet became uneconomical; as a result, ''Wisconsin'' was decommissioned on 30 September 1991 after 14 total years of active service, and joined the [[Reserve Fleet]] at the [[Philadelphia Naval Shipyard]].  She was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] (NVR) on 12 January 1995, then on 15 October 1996, she was moved to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and on 12 February 1998, she was restored to the Naval Vessel Register. On 7 December 2000, the battleship was towed from Portsmouth, Virginia, and berthed adjacent to [[Nauticus, The National Maritime Center]] in Norfolk. On 16 April 2001 the battleship's weather decks were opened to the public by the [[Hampton Roads Naval Museum]], a U.S. Navy museum charged with ''Wisconsin''{{'}}s interpretation and public visitation. The ship was still owned by the Navy and was considered part of the [[reserve fleet|mothball fleet]].<ref name="USS Wisconsin"/><ref name="The Battleships II"/><ref name="Navsource">NavSource Naval History. [http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/64a.htm BB-64 USS ''Wisconsin'': Keel Laying&nbsp;– Shakedown Cruise]. Retrieved 1 December 2006.</ref>

''Wisconsin'' was named (along with ''Iowa'') as one of two US Navy battleships to be maintained in the reserve fleet in accordance with the [[National Defense Authorization Act]] of 1996<ref name="Congress 104">104th Congress, House of Representatives. [http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/olc/docs/1996NDAA.pdf National Defense Authorization Act of 1996] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620005632/http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/olc/docs/1996NDAA.pdf |date=20 June 2007 }}. Page 237. Retrieved 17 December 2006.</ref> as shore-bombardment vessels.  However, ''Wisconsin'' was then over 60&nbsp;years old and would have required extensive modernization to return to the fleet since most of her technology dated back to World War II, and the missile and electronic-warfare equipment added to the battleship during her 1988–89 modernization were considered obsolete.<ref name="FAS Iowa"/> In addition, the cost of modernizing the battleships was estimated to be around $500&nbsp;million for reactivation and $1.5&nbsp;billion for a full modernization program.<ref>Novak, Robert. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/06/novak.marines/index.html Losing the battleships]. CNN.com 6 December 2005.</ref>

[[File:USS Wisconsin in Virginia.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|''Wisconsin'' docked in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]]]

On 17 March 2006, the Secretary of the Navy struck ''Iowa'' and ''Wisconsin'' from the Naval Vessel Register, which cleared the way for both ships to be donated for use as [[museum ship|museums]]. However, the U.S. Congress remained "deeply concerned" over the loss of naval surface-gunfire support that the battleships provided, and noted, "...navy efforts to improve upon, much less replace, this capability have been highly problematic."<ref name="Congress 193">109th Congress, House of Representatives. Report 109–452. {{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-5122 |title=National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 |page=193 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060921124118/http://armedservices.house.gov/NDAA2007CommiteeReport.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2006 |access-date=26 November 2006}}</ref> Partially as a consequence, Congress passed {{USPL|109|163}}, the National Defense Authorization Act 2006, requiring that the battleships be kept and maintained in a state of readiness should they ever be needed again.<ref name="Congress 68">109th Congress, House of Representatives. Report 109-163. [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-1815 National Defense Authorization Act of 2006]. p. 68. Retrieved 26 November 2006.</ref> Congress had ordered that the following measures be implemented to ensure that ''Wisconsin'' could be returned to active duty if needed:
# She must not be altered in any way that would impair her military utility.
# The battleship must be preserved in her present condition through the continued use of [[cathodic protection]], dehumidification systems, and any other preservation methods as needed.
# Spare parts and unique equipment, such as the {{convert|16|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} gun barrels and projectiles, must be preserved in adequate numbers to support ''Wisconsin'', if reactivated.
# The Navy must prepare plans for the rapid reactivation of ''Wisconsin'' should she be returned to the Navy in the event of a national emergency.<ref name="Congress 68"/>
These conditions closely mirrored the original three conditions that the Nation Defense Authorization Act of 1996 laid out for the maintenance of ''Wisconsin'' while she was in the mothball fleet.<ref name="Congress 104"/>

On 14 December 2009, the US Navy officially transferred ''Wisconsin'' to the city of Norfolk, ending the requirement for the ship to be preserved for possible recall to active duty. The US Navy had paid the city of Norfolk $2.8&nbsp;million between 2000 and 2009 to maintain the ship.<ref>''[[Military Times]]'', "[http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/12/navy_wisconsin_transfer_121409w/ Navy transfers battleship to Norfolk]", 14 December 2009.</ref> A formal ceremony transferring the ship to the city of Norfolk took place on 16 April 2010.<ref>Wilson, Patrick, "Norfolk Takes Helm of Battleship ''Wisconsin''", ''[[Norfolk Virginian-Pilot]]'', 17 April 2010.</ref><ref name="Ship">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.wavy.com/dpp/military/City-to-take-ownership-of-USS-Wisconsin-Friday
 |title=City to take ownership of USS Wisconsin
 |date=14 April 2010 |access-date=15 April 2010 |agency=Associated Press

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416025639/http://www.wavy.com/dpp/military/City-to-take-ownership-of-USS-Wisconsin-Friday
 |archive-date=16 April 2010
}}</ref> ''Wisconsin'' was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 28 March 2012.

Visitors have included the crew of the Royal Navy's {{HMS|Prince of Wales|R09|6}}, who also volunteered to help clean and repaint ''Wisconsin'' while stationed in Norfolk during the WESTLANT 23 naval aviation trials in 2023.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=HMS ''Prince of Wales'' |author-link=HMS Prince of Wales (R09) |user=HMPWLS |number=1727789191142965252 |date=23 November 2023 |access-date=11 December 2023 |title=Happy Thanksgiving to our hosts here in Norfolk VA. The USS Wisconsin museum ship received our thanks as a makeover...}}</ref>

==Awards==
''Wisconsin'' earned five [[battle stars]] for her World War II service, and one for the Korean War. The ship also received the [[Combat Action Ribbon]] and [[Navy Unit Commendation]] for actions in the Korean War and Operation Desert Storm in 1991. She also received over a dozen more awards for World War II, the Korean War, and Operations Desert Shield and [[Desert Storm]].<ref name="USS Wisconsin Awards">USS ''Wisconsin'' Association. [http://www.usswisconsin.org/Ship's%20Awards/ship's_awards.htm Ship's Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223175448/http://www.usswisconsin.org/Ship%27s%20Awards/ship%27s_awards.htm |date=23 December 2005 }}. Retrieved 26 November 2006.</ref>

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|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Korean_Service_Medal_-_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991–2016).svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines).svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Presidential Unit Citation (Korea).svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Phliber rib.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=United Nations Service Medal Korea ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Republic of Korea War Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
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|-
|colspan=3 align=center|[[Combat Action Ribbon]] w/ 1 [[award star]]
|colspan=3 align=center|[[Navy Unit Commendation]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center |[[American Campaign Medal]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] w/ 5 [[battle star]]s
|colspan=2 align=center |[[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Navy Occupation Service Medal]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[National Defense Service Medal]] w/ 1 [[service star]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Korean Service Medal]] w/ 1 [[battle star]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Southwest Asia Service Medal]] w/ 2 [[service star]]s
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Sea Service Ribbon|Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation|Philippine Presidential Unit Citation]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation|Korean Presidential Unit Citation]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Philippine Liberation Medal]] w/ 2 [[service star]]s
|colspan=2 align=center |[[United Nations Korea Medal]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)]]
|colspan=2 align=center |[[Korean War Service Medal]]
|}

==See also==
* [[List of broadsides of major World War II ships]]
* [[List of museum ships]]
* [[U.S. Navy Museum#See also|U.S. Navy museums]] (and other battleship museums)

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=Note}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite DANFS| title = USS Wisconsin (BB 64) History | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wisconsin-ii.html | work = [[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]|publisher= United States Navy | access-date=30 May 2023|last1=Cressman|first1=Robert J.|date=30 October 2020}}
*{{cite book |last1=Draminski |first1=Stefan |title=The Battleship USS ''Iowa''|publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford, UK|year=2020 |isbn=978-1-4728-2729-6}}
* {{cite book
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* {{cite book|author1-last= Friedman|author1-first= Norman|editor1-last= Chesneau|editor1-first= Roger|year= 1980|chapter=United States of America |pages=86–166 |title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|location= New York|publisher= Mayflower Books |isbn = 0-8317-0303-2|name-list-style=amp}}
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book
|last=Doyle
|first=David
|title=USS ''Wisconsin'' (BB-64): From World War II to the Persian Gulf to Museum Ship
|date=3 September 2023
|publisher=Schiffer Military
|location=Atglen, Pennsylvania
|isbn=978-0-7643-6013-8
}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Gibbs |first1=Jay |title=Question 36/51: Japanese 14-in Sub-Caliber Shells |journal=Warship International |date=2017 |volume=LIV |issue=4 |pages=289–290 |issn=0043-0374}}
* {{cite book
|last=Muir
|first=Malcolm
|year=1987
|title=The ''Iowa'' Class Battleships
|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company
|location=New York
|isbn=0-8069-8338-8
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Reilly
|first=John C. Jr.
|year=1989
|title=Operational Experience of Fast Battleships: World War II, Korea, Vietnam
|publisher=Naval Historical Center
|location=Washington, D.C.
|oclc=19547740
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Whitley
|first=M. J.|author-link=Michael J. Whitley
|title=Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia
|location=Annapolis
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|year=1998
|isbn=1-55750-184-X
}}
* The Floating Drydock. ''United States Naval Vessels'', ONI 222-US, Kresgeville, PA 18333. {{ISBN|0-944055-02-8}}
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wisconsin-ii.html}}

==External links==
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* [http://nauticus.org/battleship-wisconsin/ Nauticus, Norfolk, VA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017104824/http://navsource.org/archives/01/64d.htm NAVSOURCE Photo Gallery: Numerous photographs of USS ''Wisconsin'']
* [http://www.hrnm.navy.mil/ Hampton Roads Naval Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717123937/http://www.hrnm.navy.mil/ |date=17 July 2015 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205022732/http://history.navy.mil/wars/dstorm/ds5.htm Operation Desert Storm Timeline]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_wisconsin_bb64.htm Maritimequest USS Wisconsin BB-64 Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.navysite.de/bb/bb64.htm USS Wisconsin Photo Gallery and Facts]
* [http://www.usswisconsin.org/ USS Wisconsin Association]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070315161058/https://fas.org/man/gao/gao95160.htm 1995 US General Accounting Office report on the US Navy's Naval Surface Fire Support program]
* [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06279r.pdf 2005 US Government Accountability Office Report: Issues Related to Navy Battleships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411191916/https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06279r.pdf |date=11 April 2020 }}
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.421237,92.8125&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=36.847779,-76.294996&spn=0.003009,0.005665&t=k&iwloc=A Satellite image of the USS Wisconsin]
* {{HNSA|uss-wisconsin-bb-64}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100405084644/http://hnsa.org/doc/plans/index.htm 1956 Booklet of General Plans for the U.S.S. ''Wisconsin'' (BB-64), Iowa Class], hosted by the [http://www.hnsa.org/ Historical Naval Ships Association (HNSA) Digital Collections]
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