USS Wisconsin

USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
  • Email: info@nauticus.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: 1943 Iowa-class battleship
  • Also known as: “Battleship Wisconsin”, “BB-64”, and “USS Wisconsin BB-64”
  • Address: 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nauticus and Town Point Park.

Museum
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is a maritime-themed science center and located on the downtown waterfront in , also known as the National Maritime Center.

Park
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is a 7-acre waterfront city on the in , USA. The park hosts major outdoor concerts, award-winning festivals and special events each year to include Norfolk Harborfest, Bayou Boogaloo, and 4 July Celebrations.

Theater building
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The is a performing arts venue located in downtown . It has housed the Virginia Stage Company since 1979. The is owned and operated by the City of Norfolk and is part of The Seven Venues. is situated 1,500 feet east of USS Wisconsin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District and Portsmouth.

Quarter
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, is a national historic district located at . It encompasses 89 buildings. It is located in the primarily residential section of Portsmouth and includes a notable collection of Federal and Greek…

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is an independent city in southeastern , United States. It lies across the from . As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,915.

Suburb
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was an incorporated town in Norfolk County, Virginia. Chartered by an Act of Assembly in 1890, the Town of was located directly across the from the in the South Hampton Roads area.

USS Wisconsin

Latitude
36.84836° or 36° 50′ 54″ north
Longitude
-76.29522° or 76° 17′ 43″ west
Levels
8
Open location code
8785RPX3+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 407401691
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q1265287
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“USS Wisconsin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السفينة الأمريكية ويسكونسن (بي بي-٦٤)”
  • Arabic: “السفينة الأمريكية ويسكونسن”
  • Balinese: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Bulgarian: “Уисконсин (линеен кораб, 1943)”
  • Bulgarian: “Уисконсин”
  • Chinese: “威斯康辛號戰艦”
  • Chinese: “愛荷華級戰列艦 「威斯康辛」號”
  • Croatian: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Czech: “BB-64”
  • Czech: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Dutch: “USS Wisconsin”
  • French: “BB-64”
  • French: “USS Wisconsin”
  • German: “BB-64”
  • German: “USS Wisconsin”
  • German: “Wisconsin”
  • Hebrew: “ויסקונסין (BB-64)”
  • Hebrew: “ויסקונסין”
  • Indonesian: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Irish: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Italian: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Japanese: “ウィスコンシン”
  • Malay: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “USS «Wisconsin»”
  • Norwegian: “USS «Wisconsin»”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس ویسکانسین (بی‌بی-۶۴)”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس ویسکانسین”
  • Polish: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Portuguese: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Russian: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS Wisconsin (BB-64)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Slovak: “BB-64”
  • Slovak: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Spanish: “BB-64”
  • Spanish: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Swedish: “USS Wisconsin (BB-64)”
  • Swedish: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Thai: “ยูเอสเอส วิสคอนซิน (BB-64)”
  • Thai: “ยูเอสเอส วิสคอนซิน”
  • Turkish: “USS Wisconsin (BB-64)”
  • Turkish: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “USS Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “USS Wisconsin”
  • “USS Wisconsin”

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