WISCONSIN was the fourth IOWA class battleship and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name of the state. (http://navysite.de/bb/bb64.htm) General Characteristics: Keel laid: January 25, 1941 Launched: December 7, 1943 Commissioned: April 16, 1944 Decommissioned: July 1, 1948 Second commissioning: March 3, 1951 Second decommissioning: March 8, 1958 Third commissioning: October 22, 1988 Third decommissioning: September 30, 1991 Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA Propulsion system: eight boilers, four geared turbines Propellers: four Length: 889 feet (271 meters) Beam: 108 feet (32.9 meters) Draft: 35,7 feet (10.9 meters) Displacement: Light: approx. 46,000 tons Displacement: Full: approx. 57,000 tons Speed: 35 knots Aircraft: no hangar, but parking area for four SH-3 or four SH-60 Crew 1988 - 1991: 65 officers and 1,501 enlisted WWII Crew: 134 officers and 2,400 enlisted Last armament: eight armored box launchers for Tomahawk, four Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, nine 16-inch / 50 caliber guns, twelve 5-inch / 38 caliber guns, four 20mm Phalanx CIWS