Statistics:
Displacement: 53,000 tons
Length: 887'3"
Beam: 108'2"
Draft: 38'
Speed: 33 knots
Complement: 1,637
Armament: Nine 16" guns; twenty 5" guns, 4-40mm and 4 CWIS
Class: Iowa

The Wisconsin as she looks like today!

Placed out of commission at Bayonne on 8 Mar. 1958, Wisconsin joined the "Mothball Fleet" there, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896. Subsequently taken to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Wisconsin remained there with USS Iowa (BB 61) until recommissioned again on 22 Oct. 1988.

USS Wisconsin returned to war when Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein invaded Kuwait. In February 1991, Wisconsin fired her 16-inch guns at targets just north of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, the ship assisted shore-based ground units in their tasks. Wisconsin shared gunnery duties with USS Missouri (BB 63) and the two battleships continued to hammer at their targets with 16-inch gunnery. Near the end of the month, Wisconsin turned her big guns on Faylaka Island and Kuwait City in support of the ground offensive. Iraq agreed to a cease fire agreement on 28 Feb. 1991.

USS Wisconsin was decommissioned for the final time, on 30 Sept. 1991. After being berthed at the Naval Station Norfolk, Va., she was moved on 31 May 2000 to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. On Pearl Harbor Commemoration Day, 7 December 2000, Wisconsin moored at the National Maritime Center in downtown Norfolk to be the centerpiece in a four-part exhibit featuring the battleship's role in U.S. naval history and also as an example of the relationship between the Navy and the Hampton Roads area. Wisconsin opened to the public on 16 April 2001.

Wisconsin earned five battle stars for her World War II service and one for Korea.

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