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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

how to impress a girl ? --- tips



Formula 1
Hamesha Ladki ke aankho se aankhen milakar hi baat kare, isse Ladkiyan impress hoti hai.
Formula 2
Ladkiyon se jab bhi mile ek pyaari si smile jarur kare.
Formula 3
Hamesha unki help ke liye taiyaar rahe.
Formula 4
unka Birth day kabhi naa bhule aur unhe koi Beautiful gift jarur de, yaa ek Rose.
Formula 5
uus par kabhi bhi gussa na kare, Hamesha pyaar se hi pesh aaye.
Formula 6
Ladkiyan Shayari pasand karti hai, isliye aksar unhe unki khubsurti par koi Shayari sunate rahe, aisa karte rahne se wo aapke pyaar me pagal ho jayegi.
Formula 7
unse hamesha achche Dress me hi mile, yaad rakhe aap ko bhi attractive dkhna padega.
Formula 8
agar aap ek hi class me hai to unko Study me yaa Notes banane me Help karte rahe, aisa karne se aap unke aur bhi karib aate jaenge.
Formula 9
Aap jab bhi unse mile unhe Hi yaa Hello yaa Shake hand karna na bhule, isse apna pan badata jaega.
Formula 100
Ladkiyon ko Good personality wale Ladke bahut achche lagte hai, issliye koi achchi si Gym me exercise kar apni Body ko attractive banaye. isse Ladkiyan aapko dekhte hi impress ho jaengi.
Formula 11
Agar aapke pass cell phone hai aur us ladki ke paas bhi ( jise aap patana chahte hai), to aksar usko Funny SMS yaa Love SMS yaa Friendship SMS bhejte rahe. aisa karne se aap unki yaado me bane rahenge.
Formula 12
Friendship aur Valentines day ko unhe hamesha wish kare aur ek Pyara sa Gift jarur de. aisa karna najdiki badane ke liye bahut jaruri hai.
Formula 13
Ladkiyon se hamesha Romantic mood me hi baat kare, aise baat kare jisse unhe lage ki aap ko unse baat karke bahut hi maza aa raha hai.
Formula 14
Hamesha unko Respect de, isse aap unki nazaron me ek achche Ladke bane rahenge, jo Ladki patane ke liye bahut hi jaruri hai.
Formula 15
Ladkiyon se kabhi mat sharmaiye, Maximum Ladki sharmile Ladko ko pasand nahi karti hai, issliye hamesha frankly unse mile.
Formula16
Apni Personality perfect rakhne ke liye hamesha chust durust dikhe, na ki sust yaa kaamchor. Ladkiyan furtile Ladko ko hi pasand karti hai.
Formula 17
agar Ladki Filmo ki shaukin hai to usse aksar Film ke hi bare me baate kare, isse wo aapse apni feeling bantkar khush aur impress hongi.
Formula 18
aap apne din ki shuruwat unhe ek mast Good Morning SMS bhejkar karen.
Formula 19
Raat ko sone se pahle ek Pyara sa Good Night SMS bhejkar bhi aap unhe impress kar sakte hai.
Formula 20
Ladkiyon se usi topic par baat-chit karo jis me use baat karne me maza aaye, isse wo aapse bahut samay tak baat kar sakti hai. aur aapki Dosti Pyar me bhi badal sakti hai.
Formula 21
Ladkiyon ke samne hamesha apna Cina taan kar chale, aisa karne se Mardangi jhalkti hai aur Ladkiyan Mardon ko hi pasand karti hai.
Formula 22
Ladkiyan darpok ladko ko pasand nahi karti hai issliye aap darna chhod de aar Ladkiyon se ek nidar ki tarah react kare.
Formula 23
agar Ladki aapse kuch mange to use jarur pura karne ki koshish kare, isse Ladkiyan aapse itni impress hongi jiski aap imagine bhi nahi kar sakte.
Formula 24
Unke Birth day par sabse pehle aap wish kare, isse wo aapko kabhi nahi bhul payengi.
Formula 25
Hamesha unse kisi na kisi bahane milte rahe, isse aap unki nazaron aur yaado me aksar bane rahenge.
Formula 26
unhe Dinner ya Lunch ke liye offer kare, ager wo agree ho jaye to unke pasand ke hotel me unke pasand ki dish order kare. wo turant aap par fida ho jayegi.
Formula 27
Ladkiyon se pehle Dosti karo baad me unse apne Dil ki baat kahna, Pyar ke mamle me patience se kaam le.
Formula 28
jab wo aap se baat kare to unki baato ko unki aankon me aankhen dalkar dhyanpurvak sune.
Formula 29
Agar Ladki aapki neighbor ho to roz subah unko dekhte hi Good Morning jarur kahe.
Formula 30
Agar Ladki aapki Class met ho to unse shake hand jarur kare.
Formula 31
Agar aap unke sath antakhari khele to unko target karke Loveable song jarur gaye.
Formula 32
Agar wo aapse raste par Lift mange to aap use jarur de, aur aise react kare jaise aap bahut jaruri kaam se ja rahe the Lekin unke liye aapne jaruri kaam chhod kar unhe Lift di, isse wo aap se Impress hue bina nahi rah sakegi aur aap use aasani se pata lenge.
Formula 33
agar wo koi problem me ho to sabse pehle unki help ke liye aap pahuche, ye Ladki patane ke liye jaruri sabak hai.
Formula 34
Ladkiyan bahut emotional hoti hai isliye unki emotion ki hamesha sammaan kare.
Formula 35
agar Ladki koi bhari kaam kar rahi hai to aap unki madad jarur kare. kaam me hath batane se Pyar badata hai.
Formula 36
agar School/College me unki Gaadi ka Petrol khatam ho gaya ho to aap apni Gaadi ka Petrol nikalkar jarur de.
Formula 37
unse hamesha hansi mazak karte rahe, Lekin ek limit me hi.
Formula 38
agar Ladki kahi paidal ja rahi ho to aap unhe apni Bike me Pahucha dene ka offer jarur kare, aisa impression jamane ke liye badiya mauka hai.
Formula 39
aap kisi Ladki ko bahut pyar karte hai to apni feeling ko Pink color ke paper par likhkar unhe jarur de, yaani unhe Love Letter likhe.
Formula 40
Maximum Ladkiyan Funny Ladke pasand karti hai, isliye aapko bhi Funny banana padega.
Formula 41
Jab bhi aap Ladkiyon se mile to unhe ek Mazedar Jokes jarur sunaye, yaa kuch Funny Shayari hi. (click here for Funny SMS & Funny Shayari Collection)
Formula 42
agar wo Morning walk karne jati hai to aap bhi uske sath sath walk karne jaye, subah ke mast mahaul me aap unse Mazedar baate kar unhe impress kar sakte hai.
Formula 43
agar unke paas cell phone hai to kisi bhi bahane unse Contact karte rahiye, aur SMS bhi bhejte rahiye. (click here for World’s largest collection of SMS)
Formula 44
agar unka tabiyat thik naa ho to unse milne jarur jaye, aur unka haal chaal jarur puche.
Formula 45
apne Birth Day me unhe invite karna na bhule, aur aaye to ye kahna “aap hi ka intzar kar raha tha, ab aap aa gai ho ab mai Cake katunga.
Formula 46
unke diye hue Gift ki tarif jarur kare, tarif karna Deep me Ghee dalne ke saman hai.
Formula 47
agar unka Mail ID aap jante ho to unko Mail karte rahe aur ye ehsas dilaye ki aap dinbhar unki hi khayalo me khoye rahte hai.
Formula 48
agar aap ko apne Padosan ko patana ho to unke ghar aate jate rahe aur jarurat padne par unki madad karte rahe.
Formula 49
agar Padosan ka bhai bhi hai to, Pehle uske bhai se Dosti karo, uske bhai ki nazaro me aap ek samajhdar Ladke ki tarah raho, isse aapka unke ghar aana jana laga rahega.
Formula 50
Har insan apni tarif sunana chahta hai, isliye aap Ladki ke har Chijo ki tarif karte rahe.
Formula 51
Ladkiyon se hamesha Confidence ke sath hi baat kare.
Formula 52
agar aap kisi Ladki ko Patana chahte hai to usse baat karne ki koshish kare. aur apni feeling ko kisi din Letter me likhkar unhe de do. isse Ladki aapke Himmat ki Kayal ho jayegi.
Formula 53
agar unka koi Nick name ho to aap unko Nick name se hi pukare. isse aap unko apne se lagenge.
Formula 54
Jab bhi aap unse mile to unko uske pasand ki Chocolate jarur de. Ladkiyon ke shauk pure karne se unko Patane me aasani hoti hai.
Formula 55
agar Ladki ice-cream khane ki shaukin ho to unko jarur isske liye offer karte rahe..
Formula 56
Ladkiyan agar group me ho to aap unhe (Jinhe Patana hai) hi dekhte rahe, aisa karne se wo bhi aap ke taraf attract ho jaegi.
Formula 57
agar aap kisi Ladki ko Propose karna chahte ho to, aap unka ek hath pakadkar unhe Red Rose dekar Propose kare. wo aap ka Proposal jarur accept kar legi.
Formula 58
unki har ada ki tarif jarur kare, wo jarur khush hongi.
Formula 59
Propose karna Mard ka kaam hai iss liye aap ye mat soche ki Ladki aakar aapko Propse karengi, Pahle aapko hi Propose karna hoga.
Formula 60
agar wo kabhi aapke ghar ke samne se gujre to use apne ghar jarur bulayen, aur Chaay ya Coffee jarur pilaye. isse wo aapke mehman navaji ki kayal ho jayegi.
Formula 61
agar aap unka ghar jante hai to Holi ke din uske ghar unke sath Holi khelne jana na bhule aur unke sath khub hansi mazak kare.
Formula 62
agar aap Party me kisi Ladki ko Patana chahte ho to, aap sabse pehle unse jakar mile aur apna Introduction de, isse dhire-dhire baat chit ka silsila shuru hoga aur aap use Pata lenge.
Formula 63
aap ki Padosan agar School/College jane ke liye nikal rahi ho to aap unke sang hole aur unse baat karte hue aap bhi jaye. aisa Continue 3 Dino tak kare aur 4th Din mat jana, wo 5th Din aapse jarur puchegi kal kyu nahi aaye. aur iss tarah mulakat se aap use Pata hi lenge.
Formula 64
Ladki Patane ke liye Confidence bahur hi jaruri hai isliye aap Pahle apne aap pe bharosa rakhiye ki aap use Pata kar hi Dumm lenge, aur aap apne Confidence ke bal par hi use Pata lenge.
Formula 65
Ladkiyan Patane ke liye apne aap me kuch quality paida kare, jaise Singing, Dancing, Body Building, Acting. quality hone se Ladki Patana bahut asan ho jata hai.
Formula 66
agar aap me koi buri aadat ho to use chhod de, bure Ladke pasand nahi kiye jate hai, isliye apni buri aadato ko chod de.
Formula 67
Ladkiyon ke samne kabhi bhi Smoking na kare aur na hi Drinking. ye baat hamesha yaad rakhe Ladkiyan Good Manners wale Ladko ko hi Pasand karti hai.
Formula 68
Ladkiyon ke samne kabhi bhi Gandi baate naa kare isse aapka unke samne ek bad boy ki image ban jaygi. aap unke samne Talented person ki tarah hi Behavior kare.
Formula 69
agar aap jante hai ki wo kis Film Hero ki Fane hai to aap usi Hero ke jaisi Hare Style rakhe aur usi ki tarah dikhne ki khoshish kare. Ladki aapse impress hogi hi.
Formula 70
aap hamesha unse sach bolne ki koshish kare, isse aap unhe sachche Ladke lagenge. jo ki impress karne ke liye jaruri hai.
Formula 71
aap unke prati hamesha vafadar rahe, har Ladkiyan ek vafadar sathi ki talash me rehti hai.
Formula 72
agar aapke makaan ke kiraye daar ko Patana ho to uske kuch mahine ka Kiraya maaf karde. isse aapki unse najdikiyan badengi. aur wo aapka ehsan mand ho jaengi
Formula 73
Ladkiyan hazirjawab Ladkon ko Pasand karti hai issliye aap hazirjawab dene wale person baniye.
Formula 74
Kai Ladkiyan filmo ki baate karna bahut pasand karti hai, aise Ladkiyon se aap unke pasand ki filmo ke baare me baate karke unhe impress kar sakte hai.
Formula 75
intelligent Ladko se Ladkiyan impress hoti hai issliye aap apni Study improve karke Ladkiyon ko impress kar sakte hai.
Formula 76
Ladkiyan Patane ke liye aapka General Knowledge Strong hona chahiye, GK Ladkiyon ko Patane me bahut hi Helpful hota hai.
Formula 77
Ladkiyan saaf suthri image wale Ladko ko Like karti hai issliye aap jhagde-jhanjhaton se dur hi rahe.
Formula 78
aap jis Ladki ko Patana chahte hai use agar koi pareshaan kar raha ho to aap us Ladki ki madad kare, isse wo Ladki aapse turant Pat jayegi.
Formula 79
agar wo koi khaas type ke Book read karne ki shaukin ho to aap use wo Book Gift kare (for exa. Comics, Film Magazines etc.). wo aapse jarur impress hongi aur aap unhe easily Pata lenge.
Formula 80
hamesha koi badiya Body Spray (Perfume) lagaya kare. aapke Body ki khushbu Ladkiyon ko aapki aur attract karegi
Formula 81
agar wo aapki kuch help kare to usse thanks jarur kahe. impression jamane ke liye ye chhoti-chhoti formalities bahut kaam aati hai.
Formula 82
agar aapke paas Bike ho to use hamesha saaf suthri rakhe, Ladkiyan Saaf suthri Bike me hi ghumna Pasand karti hai. issliye apne Bike ko attractive banaaye.
Formula 83
Aap Mobile set aisa rakhe jo aapki Personality ko suet kare. achhe Mobile set rakh kar Ladkiyon ko apni taraf attract kiya ja sakta hai.
Formula 84
apne cell phone ke wallpaper me unka Photo set kar ke rakhe, aur use dikhaye wo aapse jarur impress hongi.
Formula 85
aap kisi din unse ye kah kar ki “aap mujhe aapna autograph denge to ye meri khushnasibi hogi”. aap unka autograph mangkar unko impress kar sakte hai.
Formula 86
apne cell phone me koi Romantic Ring tone hi rakhe, Romantic Ring tone sunkar Ladkiyan jarur impress hoti hai. Ladkiyon ko Patane ke liye unhe impress karna bahut hi jaruri hai.
Formula 87
unke ghar ke paas se jab bhi gujre unhe dekhne ki koshish jarur kare. unhe ye ehsas dilana jaruri hai ki aap unme interest rakhte hai.
Formula 88
agar aap unse kahi mile aur unke sath me unke Parents ho to unke Paanv (charan) chhue. Ladki turant aapse impress hogi (agar Ladki JaanPehchan wali ho ussi condition me hi).
Formula 89
agar wo age me aapse chhoti ho phir bhi aap unse “AAP” kahkar hi baat kare. unhe lagna chahiye ki aap unka bahut respect karte hai.
Formula 90
unke sath kabhi bhi bahas nahi kare hamesha unki baat ka sath de. tabhi unko Pata sakte hai.
Formula 91
har Ladki apne Khubsurti ki tarif sunana chahti hai issliye aap unki khubsurti ka hamesha tarif karte rahe. ye Ladki Patane ka Super hit Formula hai.
Formula 92
aap unhe hamesha ye kahe ki wo Duniya ki sabse Beautiful Ladki hai. wo aap se hamesha khush rahegi aur easily set ho jayegi.
Formula 93
mere ek Dost ki 56 Girl Friend hai. usne un sabhi ko Patane ke liye jo Formula use kiya hai wo hai- “Ladkiyon se hamesha unke baare me hi baate karo”. wo hamesha Ladkiyon se unke hi baare me baate karte rahta tha aur Ladkiyan Pat gai.
Formula 94
unse kabhi bhi gandi baate na kare unse achhi baate hi kare, tabhi kamyabi milegi.
Formula 95
aap unse ye kahe ki aap unke liye kuch bhi kar sakte hai, wo aap se impress hogi hi.
Formula 96
Maximum Ladkiyan Clean shave kiye hue Ladko ko Like karti hai issliye sexy dikhne ke liye shave karte rahe.
Formula 97
Ladkiyon ko kabhi bhi ghur kar naa dekhe balki unhe hamesha Pyaar bhari nazaron se hi dekhe, Ladki aapki Diwani ho jayegi.
Formula 98
agar kabhi unke sath Film jane ka mauka mile to koi Romantic Film hi dekhne jaye, unke sath Romantic Film dekhi matlab Ladki Patti.
Formula 99
Ladkiyan apne Julfon (hair) ki tarif sunana Pasand karti hai, issliye unhe Patane ke liye unke Julfon par Shayari sunaye yaa tarif kare. (click here for Tarif Shayari)
Formula 100
aap unki sabhi baaton par agree kare unke kisi bhi baaton ko naa kaate, aap dono ke think milne ka ehsas dilakar bhi aap unhe aasani se Pata sakte hai.
Formula 101
aap unke sath hamesha unke baare me hi baate kare, aur unko special hone ka ehsas jarur dilaye, isse wo aapki Diwani ho jayegi
……..:::: :::::: best of luck :::::::::… ……

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Monday, July 23, 2012

History of Ships & Boats


                                                         
Displacement 52,000 tons at full load, length 880 feet, beam 108 feet, draft 36 feet, according to unofficial figures. Main battery: nine 16-inch guns firing shells weighing over one ton apiece. Secondary battery: twenty 5-inch guns. Antiaircraft batteries: over 125 forty-millimeter and twenty-millimeter guns. Credited with speed above 30 knots. This commemorative print is dedicated to the loyal employees of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, whose energy, thought and devotion to duty created this great ship.
Presented to the Employees of the Philadelphia Navy Yard 1945
The USS Wisconsin (BB-64)Ship's History

1939
bulletJuly 6 Congress Authorized construction of USS WISCONSIN.

1941
bulletJanuary 25 Keel laid at Philadelphia Naval Yard. (SEE PICTURE)

1943
bulletDecember 7 Launched at the Philadelphia Naval Yard under sponsorship of Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin (SEE PICTURE #1- SEE PICTURE #2)

1944
bulletApril 16 Commissioned Philadelphia Naval Yard, Captain Earl E. Stone in command.
(See Ship's Deck Log)
bulletJuly 7 Departed Norfolk, VA for shakedown cruise to Trinidad, British West Indies.
bulletSeptember 24 WISCONSIN sailed for the West Coast, transited the Panama Canal.
(SEE PICTURE)
bulletOctober 2 Reported to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet and dropped anchor at Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
bulletDecember 9 Joined Admiral F. Halsey’s 3rd Fleet at Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
bulletDecember 13 WISCONSIN acting as support unit to the carriers performed its mission of rendering Japanese facilities at Manila useless.
bulletDecember 14-16 WISCONSIN earned her 1st Battle Star -  Leyte Operation: Luzon Attacks.
bulletDecember 17 A severe typhoon developed in which we lost destroyers USS Hull (DD-350), USS MONAGHAN (DD-354) and USS SPENCE (DD-512) all capsized and sank. WISCONSIN proved her seaworthiness as she escaped the storm unscathed.

1945
bullet
January 3-22 WISCONSIN armed with heavy antiaircraft batteries performed escort duty for TF 38’s fast carriers firing air strikes against Formosa, Luzon, and the Nansei Shoto to neutralize Japanese forces there and to cover the unfolding Lingayen Gulf operations. Those strikes included a thrust into the South China Sea in the hope that major units of the Japanese Navy could be drawn into battle. She earned her 2nd Battle Star in Luzon operation.
bulletJanuary/February Subsequently assigned to the 5th Fleet when Admiral Spruance relieved Admiral Halsey, WISCONSIN moved northward to strike at the Tokyo area on the Japanese home island of Honshu. This attack on the enemy’s capital was to provide strategic cover for the invasion of Iwo Jima by cutting down the Japanese air force and wrecking industrial plants.
bulletFebruary 16 WISCONSIN, as supporting unit, approached the Japanese coast under the cover of adverse weather conditions and again achieved complete tactical surprise.
bulletFebruary 17 WISCONSIN supported landing operations against Iwo Jima.
bulletFebruary 20  Captain John W. Roper assumed command of the WISCONSIN.
bulletFebruary/March WISCONSIN earned her 3rd Battle Star for Iwo Jima operations.
bulletMarch 14 WISCONSIN’S task force stood out of Ulithi for Japan. Its mission was to eliminate airborne resistance from the Japanese homeland to our forces invading Okinawa.
bulletMarch 17 WISCONSIN earned her 4th Battle Star in the Okinawa operation.
bulletMarch 24 WISCONSIN trained her 16-inch guns on targets ashore on Okinawa. Together with the other battlewagons of the task force, she pounded Japanese positions and installations. The task force was wholly concerned with protecting our landing operations.
bulletApril 12 WISCONSIN bristling with 5" 40mm and 20mm guns, together with other units of the screens of the vital carriers, kept the enemy at bay or destroyed him before he could reach his targets.
bulletApril 17 Ship’s gunfire knocked down 3 enemy planes. (SEE PICTURE)
bulletJune 4 A typhoon was swirling though the Fleet. WISCONSIN rode out the storm again unscathed, but three cruisers, two carriers and a destroyer suffered serious damage. 
bulletJune 8 WISCONSIN’S seaplanes landed and rescued a pilot from a downed plane off the USS Shangri-La (CV-38). (SEE PICTURE)
bulletJune 13 The WISCONSIN dropped anchor in Leyte Gulf for a period of repair and replenishment.
bulletJuly 1 Admiral Halsey’s 3rd Fleet fast carrier forces, now the greatest mass of sea power ever assembled, steamed northward to wage a tremendous pre-invasion campaign of destruction against every Japanese facility which could be used for prolonging the war.(SEE PICTURE)
bulletJuly 15 WISCONSIN participated in the bombardment of Muroran, Hokkaido, and her great 16" shells wrecked steel mills and oil facilities in the city.
bulletJuly 17 WISCONSIN blasted the Hitschi Miro area of the Honshu coast, northeast of Tokyo.
bulletJuly-September WISCONSIN earned her 5th Battle Star for the Operations against Japan.
bulletSeptember 5 WISCONSIN dropped anchor in Tokyo Bay. She had been continuously at sea on the front line for periods of months at a time and had steamed 105,831 miles since her commissioning. She was credited with shooting down three enemy planes and assists on four others. She had refueled 150 destroyers at sea and had participated in every pacific naval operation since she joined the fleet in December 1944. For his services as commanding officer, Captain Roper was awarded the Legion of Merit.
bulletSeptember 22 WISCONSIN embarked home-coming GI’s at Okinawa and departed on the 23rd
bulletOctober 4-9 Stayed over at Pearl Harbor for 5 days.
bulletOctober 15 Arrived San Francisco (SEE PICTURE)   (SEE PICTURE)
bulletDecember 18 Captain Clark L. Green assumed command of the WISCONSIN.

1946
bulletJanuary 11-13 WISCONSIN passed through the Panama Canal
bulletJanuary 18 WISCONSIN arrived Hampton Roads, Va.
bulletFebruary-March WISCONSIN cruised to Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
bulletSummers months WISCONSIN returned to Norfolk for a yard overhaul.
bulletOctober 16 WISCONSIN sailed for South American waters.
bulletNovember 1-6 Valparaiso, Chile.
bulletNovember 9-13 Callao, Peru.
bulletNovember 16-20 Balboa, Canal zone.
bulletNovember 22-26 La Guajira, Venezuela.
bulletDecember 2 Returned to Norfolk.

1947
bulletWISCONSIN was mainly devoted to US Naval Reserve Training cruises, each of two-week duration. These cruises commenced at Bayonne, NJ and from there WISCONSIN steamed south with escort to the Canal Zone, allowing her sailors two days liberty. She then proceeded to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and a day of gunnery training before returning to Bayonne, NJ. (SEE PICTURE)
bulletMarch 11 Captain John M. Higgins relieved Captain Green of command
bulletJune-July WISCONSIN sailed on midshipmen training cruises to northern European waters. (SEE PICTURE)

1948
bulletJanuary WISCONSIN reported to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Norfolk for inactivation
bulletJuly l WISCONSIN was assigned to the Norfolk Group, US Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Her first decommissioning.

1951
bulletMarch 3 WISCONSIN was recommissioned with Captain Thomas Burrowes in command. After shakedown training, she made two midshipmen training cruises during the summer months and visited Edinburgh, Scotland; Lisbon, Portugal; Halifax, Nova Scotia; New York City and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.(SEE PICTURE)
bulletOctober 25 WISCONSIN departed Norfolk for her first Korean tour, completing transit of the Panama Canal on October 29.
bulletNovember 21 Arrived at Yokosuka Japan and relieved sistershipUSS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) to become flagship of Vice Admiral H.M. Martin, Commander 7th Fleet.(SEE PICTURE)
bulletNovember 26 With Vice Admiral Martin and Rear Admiral Denebrink, Commander Service Force Pacific, WISCONSIN departed Yokosuka for Korean operations with Fast Carrier Task Force 77.
bulletDecember 2 Screened by destroyer USS WILTSIE (DD716) she provided naval gunfire support that day and night to the 1st Republic of Korea (ROK) Corps in the Kasong-Kosong area.
bulletDecember 3 Disembarked Rear Admiral Denebrink at Kangnung and resumed station at the Korean bomb-line.
bulletDecember 3-6 Gave naval gunfire support to the 1st Marine Division and 1st ROK Corps, which included the destruction of one enemy tank, two gun emplacements and one building. She continued her gunfire support task pounding enemy bunkers, artillery positions and troop concentrations. On one occasion during that time, WISCONSIN received a request for call-fire support and provided three starshells for the 1st ROK Corps, illuminating a communist attack that was consequently repulsed by hand grenades with considerable enemy causalities.
bulletDecember 6 USS SAINT PAUL (CA 73) relieved WISCONSIN on the bomb-line.
bulletDecember 11 WISCONSIN resumed naval gunfire support to troops at the bomb-line in the Kasong-Kosong area screened by destroyer USS TWINING (DD540).
bulletDecember 11-14 Continued naval gunfire support to United Nations Troops on the bomb-line with primary targets being enemy troops in bunkers, trenches and command posts as well as artillery positions.
bulletDecember 14 Departed bomb-line to conduct special gunfire mission in the Kojo area and coastal targets. Returned same day to resume support.
bulletDecember 16 Returned to Sasebo Japan to rearm.
bulletDecember 19 WISCONSIN received word that her night illumination fires during the night had enabled an enemy attack to be repulsed with heavy enemy casualties.
bulletDecember 20 WISCONSIN commenced participation in a coordinated air-surface bombardment of Wonsan. She also made an anti-boat sweep to the north to fire her 5-inch guns upon suspected boat concentration.
bulletDecember 22 WISCONSIN rejoins carrier task force.
bulletDecember 28 Cardinal Spellman came aboard to celebrate mass for the crew.
bulletDecember 31 WISCONSIN returned to Yokosuka.

1952
bulletJanuary 8 WISCONSIN departed Yokosuka for Pusan, Korea.
bulletJanuary 10 President Syngman Rhee and Mrs.Rhee were rendered full honors as he came aboard to award the Republic of Korea Order of the Military Merit to Vice Admiral H.M. Martin, Commander 7th Fleet.
bulletJanuary 11 WISCONSIN returned to the Korean bomb-line to give gunfire support to the 1st Marine Division and the 1st ROK Corps., primary targets being command posts, personnel shelters, bunkers, troop concentrations and mortar positions.
bulletJanuary 14 Conducted an emergency gunfire mission on enemy troops in the open for the 1st ROK Corp.
bulletJanuary 17 Rearmed at Sasebo, Japan.
bulletJanuary 23 Resumed naval gunfire support at the Korean bomb-line.
bulletJanuary 26 WISCONSIN departed for a coordinated gun and small arm strike at Kojo, Korea. Returning to the bomb-line she destroyed an enemy communications center and command post of the 15th North Korean Division during call fire missions for the 1st Marine Corps.
bulletJanuary 30 WISCONSIN arrived off Wonsan for bombardment and attacked enemy gunfire emplacements of Hodo Pando. Departed for Sasebo for replenishments.
bulletFebruary 2 Rejoined carrier task force.(SEE PICTURE)
bulletFebruary 3 WISCONSIN blasted railway building and marshalling yards at Hondo Pando and Kojo
bulletFebruary 19 She resumed naval gunfire support at the bomb-line in the area of Kosong where she destroyed railway bridges and bombarded the shipyard She conducted call fire mission for United Nations troops on enemy command posts, mortar sites, bunkers and personnel shelters, making numerous cuts in enemy trench lines.
bulletFebruary 22 Captain H.C. Bruton, relieved Captain Burrowes of command.
bulletFebruary 24 Vice Admiral R. P. Brisoe relieved Vice Admiral Martin, Commander 7th Fleet.
bulletMarch 15 WISCONSIN concentrated on railway targets off Songjin, Korea, and in the early morning destroyed an enemy troop train that was trapped outside a destroyed tunnel. That afternoon, WISCONSIN received the first direct hit in her two-war history when one of four 155mm shells fired by enemy shore batteries hit her deck on the 02 level, just outside the gun shield of the starboard 40mm gun mount which caused little damage but injured three men. Almost as if the victim of a personal affront, WISCONSIN subsequently blasted that battery to oblivion with a 16-inch salvo before continuing her mission.
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bulletApril 1 Relieved as flagship of the 7th Fleet by sistership USS IOWA (BB-61) WISCONSIN departed for Yokosuka, bound for the United States.
bulletApril 4-5 WISCONSIN was part of a successful experimental test of the navy’s largest floating dry-dock, marking the first time in history that a battleship of the IOWA class was put in a floating dry-dock. She resumed her homeward voyage via Pearl Harbor.   (SEE PICTURE)
bulletApril 19 Arrived Long Beach, CA then steamed to Norfolk, VA
bulletJune 9 WISCONSIN steamed from Norfolk on a midshipmen training cruise which included visits to Greenock, Scotland; Brest, France; and Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
bulletAugust 25 Departed Norfolk to participate in the NATO exercise "Operation Mainbrace" which commenced out of Greenock, Scotland and extended to Oslo, Norway.
bulletSeptember 24 Captain R. J. Foley relieved Captain Bruton of command.
bulletSeptember 24 WISCONSIN underwent overhaul in Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

1953
bulletFebruary 11 WISCONSIN sailed for Cuban waters for refresher training
bulletMay 3 WISCONSIN departed for Newport Rhode Island on a two week indoctrination and training period followed by a three-day visit to New York City.
bulletJune 4 Midshipmen cruise to Rio de Janerio, Brazil; Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
bulletAugust 4 Returned to Norfolk Naval Shipyard for minor overhaul.
bulletSeptember 9 Captain M.F. D. Flaherty relieved Captain Foley of command. WISCONSIN departed Norfolk for Panama Canal and the Far East.
bulletOctober 12 WISCONSIN relieved sistership USS NEW JERSEY (BB62) as flagship of the 7th Fleet.
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bulletOctober-December WISCONSIN visited Kobe, Sasebo, Yokosuka and Nagasaki.
bulletDecember 25 WISCONSIN visited Hong Kong.

1954
bulletApril 1 She is relieved of duty in the Far East at Yokosuka, Japan by USS ROCHESTER (CA-124); then departed for the United States.
bulletApril 13 Arrived Long Beach, CA
bulletApril 15 Departed Long Beach, Ca for Norfolk, VA.
bulletMay 4 Arrived Norfolk, VA (SEE PICTURE)
bulletJune 7 Battleship Division 2 Norfolk Va. The only time the four Iowa class battleships operated together.  Closest to the camera is the Iowa, then the Wisconsin, Missouri and New Jersey.  (SEE PICTURE)
bulletJune 11 WISCONSIN entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for minor overhaul. Captain G. Serpell Patrick relieved Captain Flaherty of command.
bulletJuly 12 Midshipmen cruise to Greenock, Scotland, Brest, France and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
bulletSeptember 3-27 Portsmouth, VA for repairs

1955
bulletJanuary 15 WISCONSIN took part in "Operation Springboard" during which time she visited Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
bulletJuly11 Midshipmen cruise to Edinburgh, Scotland, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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bulletSeptember 3 Captain F.S. Keeler relieved Captain Patrick of command.
bulletOctober 18 WISCONSIN to New York Naval Shipyard for major overhaul.

1956
bulletJanuary 23 WISCONSIN steamed for refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and participated in "Operation Springboard". She visited Tampico, Mexico, Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Cartagena, Columbia.
bulletMarch 31 Returned to Norfolk for local operations.
bulletMay 6 WISCONSIN collided with destroyer USS EATON(DDE-510) in a heavy fog off the Virginia Capes. WISCONSIN put into Norfolk with extensive damage to her bow and one week later entered dry-dock at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. A 120-ton 68-foot long section of the bow of the uncompleted battleship KENTUCKY was used to replace WISCONSIN'S damaged bow. This was accomplished in sixteen days. On June 28 she was ready for sea.
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bulletJuly 9 WISCONSIN embarked 700 NROTC midshipmen, representing 52 colleges and universities throughout the country, visiting Barcelona, Spain, Greenock, Scotland and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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bulletSeptember 1 Captain J. O. Miner relieved Captain F. S. Keeler of command.
bulletOctober 23 WISCONSIN participated in fleet type exercises off the coast of the Carolina.
bulletNovember 15 WISCONSIN entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for major repairs that were completed by January 2, 1957.

1957
bulletJanuary 15 WISCONSIN reported to Commander Fleet Training Group, Guantanano Bay Cuba and Rear Admiral Henry Crommelin, Commander Battleship Division Two broke his flag in WISCONSIN.
bulletMarch 27 WISCONSIN departed for the Mediterranean reaching Gibraltar on April 5. That same day she departed and made rendezvous with Task Force 60 in the Aegean Sea on April 9, then proceeded with this force to Xeros Bay, Turkey arriving April for NATO operation "Red Pivot".
bulletApril 18 Arrived in Naples, Italy
bulletMay 1 Assisted in the recovery of a pilot and airman from carrier USS FORRESTAL. (CVA-59)
bulletMay 3 Vice Admiral C. R. Brown, Commander 6th Fleet came aboard for an official visit, arriving and departing by highline.
bulletMay 10 WISCONSIN arrived Valencia, Spain
bulletMay 27 Rear Admiral L.S. Parks relieved Rear Admiral Crommelin as Commander Battleship Division Two.
bulletJune 19 Midshipmen training cruise to Panama Canal, Valparaiso, Chile and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
bulletSeptember 3 WISCONSIN participated in NATO training exercises in Clyde, Scotland, Brest, France.
bulletNovember 4 WISCONSIN departed Norfolk with a large group of prominent guests on board reaching New York City on November 6, WISCONSIN disembarked her guests and on November 8 headed for Bayonne NJ to commence pre-inactivation overhaul.

1958
bulletMarch 8 WISCONSIN is placed out of commission and joins the mothball fleet at Bayonne, NJ. leaving the Navy without a battleship on the seas for the first time since 1895. Subsequently taken to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, WISCONSIN remained there with her sistership USS IOWA (BB-61) into 1981.(SEE PICTURE)

1986
bulletAugust 1 After a period of 28 years of inactivation WISCONSIN begins her journey, under tow to Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1987
bulletJanuary 2 Under tow, WISCONSIN left Avondale Shipyard for her trip back down the Mississippi River to Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries. in Pascagoula, Mississippi to begin her 21 months of reactivation work.
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1988
bulletOctober 22 USS WISCONSIN is recommissioned for the 3rd time at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi before a crowd of 12,000 with Captain Jerry Blesch, in command. (SEE PICTURE)
bulletNovember 29 WISCONSIN left for operations around Puerto Rico conducting her first underway replenishment in more than 30 years. Refuels USS ANTRIM (FFG20) being rearmed from USS NITRO (AE 23) and being refueled from USNS NEOSHO (AO 143)

1989
bulletJanuary WISCONSIN conducted the in port phases of Combat Systems Ship Qualification Testing (CSSQT) and Naval Gunfire Support Mobile Team Training.
bulletFebruary 17 25 Battleship type-training in the Gulf of Mexico.
bulletApril 8-14 WISCONSIN fired her main and secondary batteries in the area off Vieques Island.
bulletMay WISCONSIN in Norfolk to conduct upkeep.(SEE PICTURE)
bulletJune 8-12 Off loaded ammunition in Hampton Roads.
bulletJune 14 August 18 WISCONSIN was in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for yard work.
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bulletAugust 31-September 5 WISCONSIN moored in Ingleside, Texas. Her eventual homeport.
bulletSeptember 5 December 12 At Ingalls Shipbuilding for numerous upgrades and modifications.

1990
bulletJanuary 19 March 9 Conducted Refresher Training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. WISCONSIN sailors drilled in many areas of damage control and combat.
bulletMarch 10-13 Onloaded ammunition at Earle, NJ (SEE PICTURE)
bulletApril 20-May 2 Participated in Naval Gunfire Support.
bulletJune 4-23 WISCONSIN was part of a fleet exercise in the Caribbean.
bulletLate June Onloaded ammunition at Earle, NJ
bulletAugust 7 USS WISCONSIN left Norfolk, and began her first deployment across the Atlantic in more than 33 years. WISCONSIN made the 8,500 mile transit to the Persian Gulf at 25 knots, arriving on station, ready for combat, just 16 days after departure. (SEE PICTURE)
bulletSeptember 28 Captain David S. Bill III relieved Captain Blesch of command.
bulletThrough December WISCONSIN was actively involved in the detailed planning and liaison efforts, both ashore and afloat, which would put together the procedure and plans to support naval operations during hostilities. WISCONSIN drove the planning of Tomahawk and gunfire strikes, naval gunfire support, Kuwait amphibious precursor and remotely piloted vehicle operations. All were coordinated through WISCONSIN’S leadership, while the battleship provided on-station deterrence against further Iraqi aggression, carried out responsibilities as the Persian Gulf force "over the horizon targeting coordinator" at sea and in port and honed her warfighting skills.
bulletDecember 24 WISCONSIN took time off from her routine of drills, gunnery practice and training evolutions to conduct the "first ever" Persian Gulf Sports Festival on her flight deck. Athletes from 6 ships and one shore command competed in boxing, wrestling and weight-lifting competitions, as well as a talent show.

1991
bulletJanuary 13 Reinforced by the arrival of her sistership USS MISSOURI (BB-63), WISCONSIN got underway from Bahrain in anticipation of the start of offensive operations against Iraq. (SEE PICTURE)
bulletJanuary 17 WISCONSIN acting as Tomahawk strike warfare commander for the Persian Gulf, directed the sequence of Tomahawk launches that initiated the opening of hostilities in the Gulf War. USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD 964) fired the first Tomahawk missile from the Persian Gulf at 0140:20. Her shot was quickly followed by five other ships in the Persian Gulf Strike Force. WISCONIN’S eight missiles were included in the total of 47 Tomahawks fired in the initial volley. During the next 2 days WISCONSIN fired a total of 24 Tomahawk land attack missiles, while continuing to coordinate the successful launch of 213 of 214 assigned Persian Gulf Tomahawk strike missions. WISCONSIN also assumed responsibilities as the local anti-surface warfare coordinator for the Northern Persian Gulf Surface Action Group.
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bulletWhen the focus of operations shifted to the aerial bombing campaign, WISCONSIN served as a vital logistic and personnel transportation hub for the central Gulf. By receiving passengers, mail and cargo (PMC) bound for all ships in the northern Persian Gulf from shore-based logistics facilities, WISCONSIN greatly reduced the burden on the logistics support intrastructure. WISCONSIN transferred over 40,000 lbs. of mail, 140 personnel and 20,000 lbs. of cargo.
bulletFebruary 6 WISCONSIN relieved sistership USS MISSOUI (BB-63)"on the gunline" near the Kuwait border. WISCONSIN’S first fire mission was called in by an OV10- Marine observation aircraft shortly after the battleship’s arrival on station. WISCONSIN fired 11 rounds and destroyed an Iraqi artillery battery located in southern Kuwait.
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bulletFebruary 7AM WISCONSIN fired 29 projectiles at an Iraqi communication facility, heavily damaging the site.
bulletFebruary 7 PM WISCONSIN delivered 50, one-ton, high explosive projectiles into Iraqi special forces boats at the Khawr al-Mufattah marina on the Kuwaiti coast. She destroyed and severely damaged several piers and over fifteen small boats. In subsequent pre-arranged fire missions that evening, WISCONSIN delivered 19 rounds on suspected artillery batteries and command posts.
bulletFebruary 8 WISCONSIN completed her first gunfire support operations off Khafji, Saudi Arabia, firing against artillery batteries, infantry bunkers and an Iraqi mechanized unit, in direct support of US Marine ground operations. Twenty-nine rounds were fired during eight separate fire missions.
bulletFebruary 9-20 WISCONSIN returned to the central Persian Gulf, rearmed, replenished refueled and resumed her logistics role.
bulletFebruary 21 WISCONSIN fired 50 rounds into an Iraqi command complex that the RPV had observed being resupplied by truck. Over 10 buildings in the targeted area, which housed Iraqi troops and communication facilities, were completely destroyed or heavily damaged.
bulletFebruary 23 WISCONSIN fired 94 rounds at Iraqi forces, devastating several infantry positions and harassing artillery, command posts and SAM sites in preparation for the ground war which was to start the following morning.
bulletFebruary 24-25. WISCONSIN fired 23 rounds during two call-for-fire missions for coalition forces, quickly surpressing resistance at two Iraqi bunker complexes and paving the way for the continued advance towards Kuwait City. An elated Saudi marine commander praised WISCONSIN for her accurate fire, and commented over the radio, "I wish we had a battleship in our navy."(SEE PICTURE)
bulletFebruary 26 WISCONSIN repositioned, completing a 20-hour overnight transit through mined waters arriving at Kuwait City.
bulletFebruary 28 WISCONSIN fired her last Naval gunfire
bulletThroughout the next seven days WISCONSIN remained on station, while coalition ground forces entered and secured Kuwait City.
bulletMarch 1 RVP flight over Faylaka Island observed hundred of Iraqis waving white flags, the first recorded instance of surrender to an unmanned aircraft.
bulletMarch 4 WISCONSIN was released from the northern Persian Gulf to begin preparations for her long trip home.
bulletMarch 28 WISCONSIN returned to her homeport of Norfolk, VA.
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bulletApril 27 Captain Coenraad van der Schroeff relieved Captain Bill,III of command
bulletThroughout her eight-month deployment, USS WISCONSIN’S majestic fighting silhouette, bristling with guns and radiating power, served as unquestioned testimony to American strength and support for all our allies. During Operation DESERT STORM, WISCONSIN fired 24 Tomahawk land attack missiles and over three hundred tons of high explosive 16" projectiles in 36 different naval gunfire support missions. These missions were carried out while operating in waters where six mines were found within 1,000 yard of the ship, and under the constant threat of enemy missile or air attack.
bulletDuring her 6 months in the Persian Gulf WISCONSIN flew 348 RPV hours, a deployment record; recorded 661 safe helicopter landings, steamed 46,000 nautical miles, fired 528 16" rounds, 881 5" rounds, 5,200 20mm CIWS rounds. She operated in the hazardous and restricted environment of the Persian Gulf without a serious material casualty, fire, flood, collision, grounding or personnel injury. From putting ordnance on target, refueling the task force, providing communications and logistics support to representing our country formally and informally, USS WISCONSIN played a vital role in restoring the sovereignty of Kuwait.
bulletSeptember 30 USS WISCONSIN was decommissioned for the 3rd time at the Norfolk Naval Base, VA and then towed to the Philadelphia Naval Yard.
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1996
bulletOctober 15, 1996 With the closing of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard WISCONSIN was towed to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA arriving there on October 17, 1996. (SEE PICTURE)
2000
bulletDecember 7, 2000 USS WISCONSIN arrived at her new home at the National Maritime Center-Nauticus  in Norfolk, VA.  Check out our Wisconsin Homecoming page.

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