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=== ''Wisconsin'' === {{main|USS Wisconsin (BB-64)}} [[File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) launching Tomahawk.jpg|thumb|alt=A forward view of a ship with large gun barrels pointing forward. To the left, a missile is flying away from the ship.|''Wisconsin'' fires a Tomahawk missile during her 1991 deployment to the Persian Gulf]] ''Wisconsin'' was ordered 12 June 1940, laid down 25 January 1942, launched 7 December 1943, and commissioned 16 April 1944. After trials and initial training in the Chesapeake Bay, she transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944 and was assigned to protect the US fleet of aircraft carriers involved in operations in the Philippines until summoned to Iwo Jima to bombard the island in advance of the Marine landings. Afterward, she proceeded to Okinawa, bombarding the island in advance of the Allied amphibious assault. In mid-1945 ''Wisconsin'' turned her attention to bombarding the Japanese home islands until the surrender of Japan in August. Reactivated in 1950, for the Korean War, ''Wisconsin'' served two tours of duty, assisting South Korean and UN forces by providing call fire support and shelling targets. In 1956, the bow of the uncompleted ''Kentucky'' was removed and grafted on ''Wisconsin'', which had collided with the destroyer {{USS|Eaton|DD-510|6}}.{{sfn|Hore|2005|p=220}} Decommissioned in 1958, ''Wisconsin'' was placed in the reserve fleet at the [[Philadelphia Naval Shipyard]] until reactivated in 1986 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan.{{sfn|Hore|2005|p=221}} In 1991, ''Wisconsin'' participated in Operation Desert Storm, firing 24 Tomahawk Missiles at Iraqi targets and expending 319 16-inch shells{{sfn|Polmar|2001|p=129}} at Iraqi troop formations along the coast. Decommissioned for the last time 30 September 1991, ''Wisconsin'' was placed in the reserve fleet until stricken from the ''Naval Vessel Register'' on 17 March 2006, so she could be transferred for use as a museum ship. ''Wisconsin'' is currently berthed at the [[Nauticus]] maritime museum in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].{{sfn|Hore|2005|p=221}}
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