USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944...
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USS Cobia (SS-245). Photo gallery of USS Cobia at NavSource Naval History USS Cobia at Historic Naval Ships Association Wisconsin Maritime Museum USS...
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Slinger. USS Chatham (AK-169) was launched 13 May 1944 by Froemming Brothers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This article includes a list of ships with the same...
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Marker DataBase On Eternal Patrol: USS Golet U.S.S. GOLET at the Historical Marker DataBase USS GOLET at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum 41°4′N 141°31′E...
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Superior, Wisconsin; reclassified PF-23 on 15 April 1943; launched on 15 July 1943, sponsored by Miss Nell Querbes; and commissioned on 24 April 1944 at Algiers...
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1935). In March 1944, Christie (based on Ultra intelligence) feared surprise from a strong Japanese force. When Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. in USS Haddo (SS-255)...
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on 17 January 1944; laid down at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. 25 April 1944; launched 29 June 1944. This article...
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at Superior, Wisconsin; sponsored by Mrs. Willard M. Sonnenburg; and placed in reduced commission at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 26 May 1944, with Lieutenant...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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counties in North Dakota and Wisconsin, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. LST-742 was laid down on 12 March 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched...
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Deck Speed: 33 knots Ships in class: 6: USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin, USS Illinois, and USS Kentucky Commissioned: Four commissioned;...
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey....
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January 2022. "USS Clamagore Exhibit". Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Retrieved July 13, 2023. "Wisconsin Maritime Museum". Wisconsin Maritime Museum...
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Fate: The Sinking of the USS Mississinewa AO-59 in WWII by Japan's Secret Weapon 2008. SMJ Publishing, Platteville, Wisconsin. ISBN 978-0-615-21644-7 Wikimedia...
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Iowa-class battleship (section Wisconsin)
was removed and grafted on Wisconsin, which had collided with the destroyer USS Eaton. Decommissioned in 1958, Wisconsin was placed in the reserve fleet...
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USS Darter (SS-227), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter. Darter′s keel was laid down on 20...
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laid down on 12 January 1944 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was launched on 28 May 1944, sponsored by Emily Taft...
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Nauticus (section USS Wisconsin)
the 57th anniversary of USS Wisconsin's launching in 1943 – two years to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Wisconsin opened for main deck tours...
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Lizardfish was laid down on 14 March 1944 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin; launched on 16 July 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Lansdale G...
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Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. R. Billings; placed in service on 19 July 1944; commissioned on 9 October 1944 and...
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USS PC-1261 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship sunk during the D-Day landings...
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Buren (PF-42), U.S. Navy frigate USS John J. Van Buren (DE-753), a United States Navy destroyer escort cancelled in 1944 Van Buren (video game), the codename...
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United States Navy during World War II. Stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Best led his dive bomber squadron at the 1942 Battle of Midway...
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USS Shangri-La (CV/CVA/CVS-38) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy....
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David S. Bill III (category 1944 births)
42275. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health. 1944. "Commanding Officers". USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Association. Retrieved 2017-07-20. "David Bill...
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Company in Superior, Wisconsin. She was launched on 21 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas F. Rogers; acquired by the Navy on 31 May 1944; renamed Abilene...
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USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the...
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27, 1944: After more than two years, the Siege of Leningrad was lifted as German forces retreated. April 16, 1944: The battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64)...
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enlistment in a succession of ships: USS New York (ACR-2), USS Preston (DD-327), USS Delaware (BB-28), USS Utah (BB-31), and USS Texas (BB-35), reenlisting on...
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