USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Firing a broadside to port with her 16/50 and 5/38 1991. Navy History and Heritage Command Photo. Key to the success of the first Gulf War was extensive use of reservists ...

The Wisconsin was heading for the Persian Gulf, and eventually, action in Desert Storm. Petty Officer Tona Brakeville, returning from duty in the gulf on the USS Yellowstone in 1991, embraces her ...

But 23 years ago, Nitka called the Wisconsin home when he served in the Gulf War. Operations Manager Keith Nitka oversees day-to-day operations on Battleship Wisconsin, which is berthed at ...

The last Navy vessel to bear the name U.S.S. Wisconsin (BB 64) served in World War II, the Korean War and first Gulf War after it was commissioned in 1944 until it was decommissioned in 1991.

Battleship Wisconsin is the last battleship built by the United States Navy. She is the 4th of the Iowa Class, turns 80 years old in April, and served in three wars, World War Two, the Korean War ...

Operations Manager Keith Nitka oversees day-to-day operations on Battleship Wisconsin, which is berthed at Nauticus in Downtown Norfolk. But 23 years ago, Nitka called the Wisconsin home when he se… ...