Locy Type<br/>2<br/>[[IOWA_BB_61_ | USS Iowa BB-61]]<br/>[[MISSOURI_BB_63_ | USS Missouri BB-63]]<br/>[[NEW_JERSEY_BB_62_ | USS New Jersey BB-62]]<br/>USS Wisconsin BB-64
Stricken from the Naval Register. Cachet Artist - [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_W_McCue_ | Michael W. McCue]], Cachet Sponsor - [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
[[Cachet_Category_Navy_Day_ | Navy Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]<br/> Cover illustrates replica postmarks from the USS Wisconsin and [[MIDWAY_CV_41_ | USS Midway CV-41]]
[[Cachet_Category_Navy_Day_ | Navy Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]<br/>Cover illustrates replica postmarks from the USS Wisconsin
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
Iowa Class Battleship
Keel Laid 25 January 1941 - Launched 7 December 1943
USS WISCONSIN BB-64
Commissioned 16 April 1944 - Decommissioned 1 July 1948
Recommissioned 3 March 1951 - Decommissioned 8 March 1958
Recommissioned 22 October 1988 - Decommissioned 30 September 1991
Struck from Naval Register 12 January 1995
Reinstated on Naval Register in reserve 12 February 1998
Berthed at Norfolk, VA to become a museum 16 April 2010
Weather decks open to public, ship maintained in reserve
Naval Covers
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
USS WISCONSIN earned the Combat Action Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Commendation Ribbon, the Navy "E" ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ five Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Korean Service Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Medal with two Bronze Stars, the United Nations Service Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) and the Republic of Korean War Service Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Wisconsin.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Walter S. Goodland.
Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name WISCONSIN - USS Wisconsin BB-9 and USS Wisconsin BB-64.
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it.
See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on
editing this page.
