BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN (BB-64) PHOTOS - 1941-1949
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Photo taken on August 22, 1945 a week after the cease fire had been declared. The Wisconsin (BB-64)is seen here beginning preparations for entering Tokyo Bay for the official surrender. The large aircraft carriers of TF-38 remained on alert and did not participate in the surrender ceremonies. Admiral Halsey, fearing that the surrender might be a deception only sent in a fleet of battleships and some light carriers into Sagami Bay and then Tokyo Bay. If there was trouble, the fleet carriers would be off shore on alert to handle the situation. |
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Refueling from tanker Cahaba (AO 82), as seen from an Essex class aircraft carrier, circa 1945. |
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Band concert under the battleship's after 16"/50 guns, while she was operating at sea with the Pacific Fleet, circa 1945. An aircraft carrier is faintly visible in the right distance. Sailor in right foreground has name J.C. Smith stencilled on his working jacket. |
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"THE MIGHTY Wisconsin (BB-64) LETS GO WITH HER MAIN BATTERY...Here we see the six sixteen inch guns of the Wisconsin fire a broadside at a target 15 miles away. This dramatic picture was made during the two weeks training cruise of the Wisconsin to the Canal Zone with 600 Naval Reservists aboard. Released 18 February 1947. |
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