We so enjoyed the Nauticus Museum in Norfolk. It houses the Hampton Roads Naval Museum & Science Museum. In addition it is the home of the USS Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64). This battleship served in WW II, Korea and Desert Storm. It was decommissioned in 1991 and from 1992 till present is a museum ship. It was awesome to walk through it! (Length - 887', Width - 108', Tall - 203' ). It was the only Naval battleship with 9 16" guns, which could hurl 2,700 lbs armor-piercing shells some 20 miles. Wow, that is powerful. One interesting point was that in WW II it crewed 2,800 men, Korea 2,560 and Desert Storm 1,776. (technological & equipment changes) The HR Naval Museum takes you through some 235 years of naval regional history. A full day there is not surprising!
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| Battleship Wisconsin BB - 64 |
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| Main Deck |
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| Ron hamming it up with a few Submariners! |
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| Starboard Side of Battleship Wisconsin |
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