BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN (BB-64) PHOTOS - 1950-1953 KOREAN WAR PAGE 4
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Wisconsin (BB-64) fires her after 16"/50 guns at a railway tunnel in the Chaho-Songjin area of North Korea's east coast, circa mid-March 1952. Note 5"/38 and 40mm guns in the foreground. |
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A huge floating drydock, AFDB-1, was towed to Orote, Guam, to provide a forward repair facility for the Iowa's, should such become necessary. Wisconsin (BB-64) was used as a guinea pig in a floatation test conducted during April 1952. The bulbous underwater bow that characterized all U.S. fast battleships can be plainly seen. |
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Manning battle stations on secondary guns, off Korea, circa Feb. 1953. |
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SA George E. Riel, Jr., USN, checks a plotting board to ensure that no aircraft are in the path of projectiles that will soon be fired at targets ashore, during gunnery practice in the Atlantic area. Photo is dated 3 March 1953. |
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