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[floridaboiler]

Happy National Siblings Day! This 1954 family portrait is from a rare occasion when all four sister Iowa-class battleships were together. From front to back is USS Iowa, USS Wisconsin, USS Missouri and USS New Jersey. All the ships are now museums.

source - https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute

[lonestarbattleship]

"Sailor Will Schroeder, of Prodivdence, R.I., salutes the three battleships in the mothball fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Base that are being considered for Vietnam war duty. Ships are (from left) USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) and USS IOWA (BB-61)."

Photographed in April 1967.

Temple University Library: P554176B

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Hello tumblr objectum community

Pretty girls <3 i am swooning and blushing

[ghostriderslade]

U.S.S. Wisconsin

[roosterarts]

You don't mess with Wisconsin. You fire at her and she fires back with triple the force!

@temper-temper Tagging you because you know why.

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[the-delta-42]

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[vice-citizen]

USS Wisconsin

[lonestarbattleship]

USS WISCONSIN (BB-9) at Honolulu, Hawaii during the Great White Fleet Cruise.

Photographed in June 1908.

Eaton Magoon Collection

Digital Archives of Hawai'i: PP-103-11-017

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[menslifedc]

USS Wisconsin commemorates 80th anniversary with World of Warships collaboration

Photo courtesy Nauticus In a salute to naval history and video game innovation, Wargaming’s World of Warships – a massive multiplayer online naval combat game – has added the USS Wisconsin to its roster of more than 800 vessels, honoring the ship’s 80th anniversary. Steeped in history, the USS Wisconsin played a pivotal role in World War II and beyond. From the Pacific Theater battles to its…

[ghostriderslade]

U.S.S. Wisconsin

[judgemark45]

A bow view of the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB 64) with its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns trained to port prior to a fire power demonstration in the Gulf of Mexico in 1988

[radarsteddybear]

I am begging you to tell me your opinions on these american battleships because my only knowledge here at all is that Iowa is a landlocked state (isn't it???) which seems like am odd choice... and I'm so confused and would love to know which you think is best and why

EDIT: Here's the poll if anyone else would like to vote in the next *checks watch* 22 hours

That's a good question. Mostly I like them because battleships = cool and I've been to all of these (they're all museums now).

Actually, all the states they're named for are landlocked except for New Jersey (and, as such, the New Jersey is the only one actually in her namesake state; the Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin are in LA, Hawaii, and Norfolk, VA respectively). As far as I can tell, they're named after those states because the US likes to name ships after states, and I guess it was their turn again 🤷‍♀️

My list of fun facts that I've gathered from my visits (a lot of these are repeated from my original tags on the poll, so sorry if you've seen them already):

The Iowa-class battleships were the last class of battleships to be made for the US Navy.

Six battleships were ultimately ordered, though the Illinois and Kentucky were never finished. At some point, the Kentucky's bow was used to repair the Wisconsin after a collision.

The Iowa was used to transport FDR across the Atlantic during WWII for a 1943 conference in Tehran. As such, the US Navy had to refit the bathroom in the captain's quarters (which the president used while on board, being of the highest-rank on the ship) with a bathtub. Nobody ever had a good enough reason to remove it, so it's still there to this day.

I can't remember if this became a tradition or not, but on at least one occasion, the Iowa's crew welcomed her new captain by drawing him a bath in the aforementioned tub complete with a rubber duckie and a little toy sailboat.

During WWII, the Iowa had a mascot in the form of a little dog named Victory, or Vicky for short. He and President Roosevelt, who very famously had a little Scottie dog named Fala, got along very well, and Vicky even slept at the foot of the president's bed while he was aboard.

The New Jersey is the most decorated battleship in US history.

The Missouri was the site of Japan's formal surrender at the end of WWII.

The Missouri is currently moored at Pearl Harbor, meaning you can see the site of the beginning and the end of America's involvement in WWII in one place.

The Missouri was hit by a kamikaze and still bears a dent in her deck.

Even though the Wisconsin (BB-64) has a higher hull number than the Missouri (BB-63), the Wisconsin was commissioned and completed first.

The Wisconsin had a doughnut shop on board, though it is no longer in operation.

Sailors used to refer to the bunk beds (at least four high, if I'm remembering correctly) as "coffin racks" due to the limited amount of space between bunks.

The New Jersey has little two-person tables scattered around the enlisted men's bunk area with checkerboards printed directly on them so that sailors could pass the time. I'd bet the others do, too, but I don't remember specifically.

The Wisconsin has some sort of art on the walls but I forget the exact story behind that.

That's all the fun facts I can remember off the top of my head without digging up the notes I took.

I personally voted for the New Jersey because it was the first one I went to and it's the only one I've been to twice. Objectively, the Missouri may be the best because it was the site of such a historic moment.