![]() Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched when it came to naval firepower. ![]() Wisconsin, or “Big Wiskey” (also sometimes spelled “Whisky”) as it was affectionately nicknamed, enjoyed a service life that spanned six decades and three conflicts. Navy/Creative Commons) “Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched.”īy Amy Waters Yarsinske Amy Waters Yarsinske is the author of ‘USS Wisconsin: The Last Battleship.’īERTHED TODAY AT Nauticus, the national maritime centre in Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was the last authorized of the four mighty Iowa-class battleships, the largest American dreadnoughts ever built. The USS Wisconsin, which served in three American wars, holds the distinction of being the last battleship in history to fire shots in anger.
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