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U.S.S. Wisconsin Battleship at War in the
Pacific Ocean 1945
Naval History Giclee Art Prints
By Mark Churms WWII United States Navy Battleships of Fleet BB-64 U.S.S. WISCONSIN 1945 WWII Iowa class battlsship, U.S.S. Wisconsin
BB-64 (camouflage paint scheme - Measure 22) shoots down a Japanese suicide plane (Francis)
on a cold day in the Pacific Ocean, March
18th 1945. Aircraft carriers Enterprise CV6 and Langley
CVL27 can be seen in the distance....
U.S.S. Wisconsin in World War II
8:02 am. March 18th 1945 Off
Japan's Kyushu
Island, Pacific Ocean KAMIKAZE KILLER!
U.S.S. Wisconsin BB-64 blasts another Japanese
kamikaze out of the cold sky and sends the
twin engine Kugisho P1Y1 Ginga "Frances"
crashing into the ocean 500 yards of the
starboard beam. All available guns aim their
barrels at the incoming attackers. Anti-aircraft
guns of screening destroyers also protect
the aircraft carriers, including USS Enterprise
CV-6 and USS Langley CV-l27, seen here steaming
in the distance. IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS - ARMED TO THE TEETH Armed with twenty 5"/38 caliber guns
of the secondary battery and
more than a
hundred 40mm and 20mm guns, this
Iowa Class
battleship can direct a huge
volume of lead
and shrapnel into the path of
any attacking
enemy planes. The main battery
of nine enormous
16"/50 caliber guns is reserved
for
larger targets and can fire huge
projectiles
to engage the enemy over 20 miles
distant.
Launched from Philadelphia Naval
Yard exactly
two years after the Japanese
attack on the
Naval base at Pearl Harbor on
December 7th
1941, this new battleship acts
as a huge
AA gun platform to escort the
fast carriers
of Task Force 38 (TF-38). Many
Japanese pilots
find their graves in the blue
Pacific Ocean
as they strive desperately to
sink the American
fleet's aircraft carriers and
warships. In
the face of such determined suicide
attacks
the US Navy progresses relentlessly
towards
the Japanese homeland and final
Victory.
BACK TO FIGHT AGAIN USS Wisconsin BB-64 survives post war Navy
mothballing programs to be refitted
and see
active service again in the Korean
War and
Persian Gulf War. She is finally
decommissioned,
at the end of 1991.
On December 7th 2000, the 57th
Anniversary
her launch, USS Wisconsin arrives
at the
National Maritime Center 'Nauticus'
in Norfolk,
Virginia, where she is now on
public display
as a memorial to those who served.
Thanks to WWII US Marine, Lester Miller.
Dedicated to the Sailors and Crew of USS
Wisconsin BB-64, 1944-1991
BB-64 - U.S.S.Wisconsin Shoots down Japanese
kamikaze, March 18th, 1945
U.S.N World War II, Naval History Giclee Art Print
By Mark Churms available CLICK HERE