The Iowa's were pretty badass ships, but the Alaska class Heavy Cruiser (aka battle Cruisers) we're damn near as big. In fact I believe they were bigger than the South Dakota class that preceded the Iowa's too bad we didn't save any of them
My dad served on her during the Korean War. He always had stories. He was there when she got hit off North Korea. Heard that story many a time. Other stories too. My grandfather helped build her in WW2. We was an electrician in the Phila Navy Yard. He also worked on New Jeresey.
May we have a moment of prayer for you and all of our heroes who have served our country with honor and distinction. Thank you for your service my fellow American, my brother, and protector.
@@project182r3 I have no idea who you are by your address, but you were not the captain during pre-com and commissioning. That privilege belonged to Capt Jerry Blesch. The only other captain during that time was the XO Bob Coleman. And as footnote to this, I was the #1 plankowner.
I attended the memorial service for the USS Iowa explosion victims in 1989. I heard USS New Jersey's guns off the coast of San Clemente Island in 1985. I toured USS Missouri while a museum in Bremerton WA in 1984. I toured USS Wisconsin in 2002. My brother served on USS Missouri during the first Gulf War.
Thank you for this. I am a Plankowner from the 1988 Recommissioning. Firecontol Tech 3rd, up in Spot 1, Forward Main Battery Firecontrol Gun Director. I loved every second I spent stationed aboard Wisconsin, from 1987 to 1990. Sadly I did not get to go through Desert Storm on board Her. I was there, on board USS R K Turner CG-20 and saw combat on Her. But I am Proud of my time on Wisconsin and I can't wait to go see Her in Norfolk. I have not seen Her since Feb 1991.
I had an uncle who served on the Wisconsin during WWII and into Korea. My mother created a quilt for me and the inside blanket was one my uncle gave here from the Wisconsin.
OK, my claim to "Big Wisky" fame: I was the first person to report aboard USS Wisconsin (BB-64) PreComDet at Norfolk, VA for her last Commissioning. Showed up at PSD Norfolk and it took them about 5 hours to figure out where to put me. Ended up in an old BT school building that had been closed down. They had been using it for spare desk/chair/misc storage. The next day PNSN Lindley and HM3 showed up. When the CO/XO/CMMC reported aboard (not in that order) they moved us across the street to the main BT building which was also closed down. And that's where we stayed until the whole PreComDet was transferred to Biloxi, MS. I retired off of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) a "few" years later. Loved both those ships, as well as the USS Mount Hood (AE-29) and the USS LaSalle (AGF-3). That's my story and I'm sticking to it! lol!
@@buzz5969 Thats because Big Wiskey got hit by a 155mm artillery shell from a North Korean shore battery splintering the deck a bit. Big Wiskey when turned ALL NINE 16" GUNS on the shore battery and DELETED THE SHORE BATTERY AND THE HILL IT WAS POSITIONED ON. The destroyer escort USS Duncan flashed a morse code message saying "Tsk tsk. Temper temper"
It’s funny, but I was on the USS Merrill DD976 and we were actually the first ship to ever shoot a Tomahawk Cruise missile. so in my opinion we pave the way for these giants of the sea to sail again with a bolt on cruise missile system called Tomahawk. I smile a little bit when I hear that one was deployed. These things are 40 years old and still going strong.
I have a friend from the Wisconsin who claims he pushed the button that launched the first cruise missle against Iraq, even though a different battleship gets credit for it. Also, the Wisconsin is the longest battleship ever made ! 11" longer than all the other Iowa class battleships.
@user-nd5eq6yb9s she hit a destroyer, and it crushed her bow ! They then took the bow off an unfinished Iowa class battleship and welded it on making the Wisconsin 11" longer than all other Iowas.
@@Victrola777, which is the reason she has a nickname of “WisKy”, for it was the bow of the unfinished USS Kentucky that they used to repair the USS Wisconsin.
My only small criticism of this video is talking about Wisconsin in the past tense. The ship still has 4 steam turbine engines etc... although only an idiot(or the people in the movie Battleship) would fire up those boilers and put superheated steam into pipes that haven't been maintained in 30 years.
At least she didn't suffer the Fate as other war hero ships have and simply decommissioned and scrapped. So many pieces of history have went to the scrap yard and it is sad.
My Father wasn't on a BB, He was stationed in Panama, but he did talk to sailors who were. He told me when all 9 barrels were salvoed, the whole ship would slip sideways about 15 feet, and you had to stand correctly or risk injuring your ankles.
there isnt enough on the korean war... those years after the surrender of japan and thrown right back in to another war. greatest generation of men that never questioned their existence and were there for the man right next to them.
Philadelphia Naval ShipYard misses BB-64 but her sister ship BB-63 is now in Dry Dock #3 @ PNSY and the battleship New Jersey can be toured while in that dry dock right now.
Nooo, it's WisKy. Its a play on the fact that she collided with a destroyer, and it destroyed most of her bow, and for repairs, we took the bow off of the unfinished Kentucky. So her nickname is Wis(wisconsin)Ky(Kentucky). I advise you fact check before posting comments as such. (And if you ask for source, me, I work at nauticus.)
Exactly, she is not referred to as "Big Whiskey" but, simply "WisKy". At that, the nickname stems from the "Eaton Incident" of 1954 while training in the Chesapeake.
Wisconsin: ahh what a nice day--*glass crack Wisconsin: tf where did I get a hole in my front hull Wisconsin: oh fùck no hell u *deletes North Korea mountain terrain
Lol if she was so obsolete. Why is it the Navy has still not been able to field a replacement for her or her sisters. Sorry but if they are obsolete there should be no issue doing so yet they have tried how many times? Now the latest where the Zummwalt's and we all know what happened there. I think the problem was not that they were out of date. I'm sure they could build a newer ship to do her job using less men. The issue becomes she had more than one job so by the time you build separate ships to do each of those jobs are you really saving anything? They got to save safe though claiming the battle ship is obsolete. So build 4 to 6 new nuclear powered ones 3 for each cost so they can spell each other. You can automate a lot like you did with the Ford's and cut the crew down but still keep the capability. Sorry it's a no brainer
@@briannelson4493 you are right in the part your referring to. It is no longer a front line ship. What we are talking about is what it can do that other ships can't.
@@kellyschram5486also the Zumwalt were not built to replace any kind of Battleship or anything else. They were built to be part of the littoral Navy fleet. Problem was they tried to pack too much into one ship. The latest version of the Arleigh Burke Destroyers, could literally think a battleship before they even knew what happened
My Grandfather served on Wisconsin during the Korean war. I grew up hearing stories about it.
Lucky
The Iowa's were pretty badass ships, but the Alaska class Heavy Cruiser (aka battle Cruisers) we're damn near as big. In fact I believe they were bigger than the South Dakota class that preceded the Iowa's too bad we didn't save any of them
So was he a witness to the legendary Temper Temper Incident?
My Dad was on the Wisconsin... He served in the Pacific...
My dad served on her during the Korean War. He always had stories. He was there when she got hit off North Korea. Heard that story many a time. Other stories too. My grandfather helped build her in WW2. We was an electrician in the Phila Navy Yard. He also worked on New Jeresey.
She is the only Iowa class I haven't been on. Bucket list. Grand Gray Lady.
It's very impressive..you can see her big guns while driving downtown to Norfolk...I was stationed on her while on medical hold in 2005
@@Backwoods_870 Awesome. I have been on the Missouri several times at several different locations, as well as the New Jersey. Iowa only one location.
@@timf2279 (I gotta visit the Missouri
Very good video. She was my last ship, I retired off of her on 1 Dec 1988.
Thank you for your service
May we have a moment of prayer for you and all of our heroes who have served our country with honor and distinction. Thank you for your service my fellow American, my brother, and protector.
I was the Captain of the ship, Harry, and I’ve never heard of you.
@@project182r3 I have no idea who you are by your address, but you were not the captain during pre-com and commissioning. That privilege belonged to Capt Jerry Blesch. The only other captain during that time was the XO Bob Coleman. And as footnote to this, I was the #1 plankowner.
"Gunnery Chief, do you see that hill?" "Yes, sir!" "I don't want to." "At once, sir!"
I attended the memorial service for the USS Iowa explosion victims in 1989. I heard USS New Jersey's guns off the coast of San Clemente Island in 1985. I toured USS Missouri while a museum in Bremerton WA in 1984. I toured USS Wisconsin in 2002. My brother served on USS Missouri during the first Gulf War.
I work with a guy who saw the Iowa explosion.
I was the Captain of USS Missouri during the first Gulf War, what was your brothers name?
@@project182r3 EM3 John Ziesemer...
Thank you for this. I am a Plankowner from the 1988 Recommissioning. Firecontol Tech 3rd, up in Spot 1, Forward Main Battery Firecontrol Gun Director. I loved every second I spent stationed aboard Wisconsin, from 1987 to 1990. Sadly I did not get to go through Desert Storm on board Her. I was there, on board USS R K Turner CG-20 and saw combat on Her. But I am Proud of my time on Wisconsin and I can't wait to go see Her in Norfolk. I have not seen Her since Feb 1991.
Thank you for your service
Took a tour of her 1 time, amazing ship indeed
Good history!
I got to tour her on my way south on my sailboat, It is an insane piece of engineering
Your video brings pleasant memories to an old man. Thank you.
I had an uncle who served on the Wisconsin during WWII and into Korea. My mother created a quilt for me and the inside blanket was one my uncle gave here from the Wisconsin.
She was a killer alright, Iowa class BB's were awesome gun platforms.
OK, my claim to "Big Wisky" fame: I was the first person to report aboard USS Wisconsin (BB-64) PreComDet at Norfolk, VA for her last Commissioning. Showed up at PSD Norfolk and it took them about 5 hours to figure out where to put me. Ended up in an old BT school building that had been closed down. They had been using it for spare desk/chair/misc storage. The next day PNSN Lindley and HM3 showed up. When the CO/XO/CMMC reported aboard (not in that order) they moved us across the street to the main BT building which was also closed down. And that's where we stayed until the whole PreComDet was transferred to Biloxi, MS. I retired off of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) a "few" years later. Loved both those ships, as well as the USS Mount Hood (AE-29) and the USS LaSalle (AGF-3). That's my story and I'm sticking to it! lol!
SUCH A MAGNIFICENT SHIP😍😍😍
Good video, thanks.
USS Wisconsin: "Hey Dad. I'm getting bored here in the Persian Gulf. Do you mind if I take a trip to North Kor"
Uncle Sam: "Nooo!!"
Me: Huh?
@@buzz5969
Thats because Big Wiskey got hit by a 155mm artillery shell from a North Korean shore battery splintering the deck a bit. Big Wiskey when turned ALL NINE 16" GUNS on the shore battery and DELETED THE SHORE BATTERY AND THE HILL IT WAS POSITIONED ON. The destroyer escort USS Duncan flashed a morse code message saying "Tsk tsk. Temper temper"
At 4:40 - USS Wisconsin is tied up outboard of the hull of Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 11 November 1944.
Been on her what a beautiful ship!! Had a great time touring the ship. The gun's were assume to go through!
While I was in the Navy I had the pleasure of serving duty while on medical leave on the Wisconsin downtown Norfolk in 2005.
"We hurl shells as big as your Chevy 26 miles!"
I always said Volkswagens , but I like Chevy better.
On my bucket list , see a Iowa class !!
My uncle served on this ship from 1943 to 1945. He was a seaman first class gunners mate
Temper, temper big whisky.
"WELL THEY STARTED IT!"
It’s funny, but I was on the USS Merrill DD976 and we were actually the first ship to ever shoot a Tomahawk Cruise missile. so in my opinion we pave the way for these giants of the sea to sail again with a bolt on cruise missile system called Tomahawk. I smile a little bit when I hear that one was deployed. These things are 40 years old and still going strong.
I have a friend from the Wisconsin who claims he pushed the button that launched the first cruise missle against Iraq, even though a different battleship gets credit for it. Also, the Wisconsin is the longest battleship ever made ! 11" longer than all the other Iowa class battleships.
Why did they make her long was it to prevent the vibration of the shafts,or was it to increase her top speed
@user-nd5eq6yb9s she hit a destroyer, and it crushed her bow ! They then took the bow off an unfinished Iowa class battleship and welded it on making the Wisconsin 11" longer than all other Iowas.
@@Victrola777, which is the reason she has a nickname of “WisKy”, for it was the bow of the unfinished USS Kentucky that they used to repair the USS Wisconsin.
A proud service record for a very fine battleship. On Wisconsin!
Great video.
Subscribed.
Thank you!
Outstanding.
Fabulous.
Great vid. Thanks.
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My only small criticism of this video is talking about Wisconsin in the past tense. The ship still has 4 steam turbine engines etc... although only an idiot(or the people in the movie Battleship) would fire up those boilers and put superheated steam into pipes that haven't been maintained in 30 years.
Good show.
At least she didn't suffer the Fate as other war hero ships have and simply decommissioned and scrapped. So many pieces of history have went to the scrap yard and it is sad.
My Father wasn't on a BB, He was stationed in Panama, but he did talk to sailors who were. He told me when all 9 barrels were salvoed, the whole ship would slip sideways about 15 feet, and you had to stand correctly or risk injuring your ankles.
Yeah, we liked to tell tall tales. Especially the one about the bowling alley being closed for repairs! lol!
there isnt enough on the korean war... those years after the surrender of japan and thrown right back in to another war. greatest generation of men that never questioned their existence and were there for the man right next to them.
My daddy served on USS Wisconsin.
Did that Guam stop make the island tip over?
Philadelphia Naval ShipYard misses BB-64 but her sister ship BB-63 is now in Dry Dock #3 @ PNSY and the battleship New Jersey can be toured while in that dry dock right now.
"Hahn? Stupid gun hurt Big Whiskey? Stupid gun make Big Whiskey ANGRY! BIG WHISKEY SMASH STUPID GUN! ... Stupid gun ..."
Don't mess with our BOATS!!!
That’s a bad ass spicy Volvo shooting gunslinger
Small correction. The nickname is Big Whisky.
Nooo, it's WisKy. Its a play on the fact that she collided with a destroyer, and it destroyed most of her bow, and for repairs, we took the bow off of the unfinished Kentucky. So her nickname is Wis(wisconsin)Ky(Kentucky). I advise you fact check before posting comments as such.
(And if you ask for source, me, I work at nauticus.)
Beastly
Her main battery are 16in .50 cal the South Dakota class and North Carolina class we're 16in .45 cal.
you are 100% correct and that is what I state in the video beginning at 1:09.
Now a days $1.5 Billion is a drop in the ocean.
You just gave Youkraine 95 Billion😊
there are crew members who tell tales... that shouldnt be ignored... im not going to even hint at what im eluding to lol
Rest.
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Big Wisky
WIS (Wisconsin) + KY (Kentucky) = WISKY (rip BB-66)
My GF loves KY
Exactly, she is not referred to as "Big Whiskey" but, simply "WisKy". At that, the nickname stems from the "Eaton Incident" of 1954 while training in the Chesapeake.
Yo...kooska!😂😂😂
Swam around the ship, when anchored off QHIN NHON, VIETNAM, after returning from the south pole, after attack on aliens, at the south pole.
Sure you did, what did Admiral Byrd have to say about it😂😂
Wisconsin: ahh what a nice day--*glass crack
Wisconsin: tf where did I get a hole in my front hull
Wisconsin: oh fùck no hell u *deletes North Korea mountain terrain
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Lol if she was so obsolete. Why is it the Navy has still not been able to field a replacement for her or her sisters. Sorry but if they are obsolete there should be no issue doing so yet they have tried how many times? Now the latest where the Zummwalt's and we all know what happened there. I think the problem was not that they were out of date. I'm sure they could build a newer ship to do her job using less men. The issue becomes she had more than one job so by the time you build separate ships to do each of those jobs are you really saving anything? They got to save safe though claiming the battle ship is obsolete. So build 4 to 6 new nuclear powered ones 3 for each cost so they can spell each other. You can automate a lot like you did with the Ford's and cut the crew down but still keep the capability. Sorry it's a no brainer
Perfect!
The battle ship was made obsolete by the air plane at the outbreak of World War Two. Twenty miles verses two hundred miles.
@@briannelson4493 you are right in the part your referring to. It is no longer a front line ship. What we are talking about is what it can do that other ships can't.
@@kellyschram5486😂😂
Tell me one thing that she can do that no other ship can do
@@kellyschram5486also the Zumwalt were not built to replace any kind of Battleship or anything else. They were built to be part of the littoral Navy fleet. Problem was they tried to pack too much into one ship. The latest version of the Arleigh Burke Destroyers, could literally think a battleship before they even knew what happened