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  Image Caption USS ''Wisconsin'' after the 1980s refit
  Country United States
  Country Flag Flag of the United Statessvg
  Builders New York Navy Yard <br> Philadelphia Navy Yard <br> Norfolk Navy Yard
  Preceding Class ''South Dakota''
  Following Class ''Montana''
  First Commissioned Date 22 February 1943
  First In Service Date 22 February 1943
  Final Decommission Date 31 March 1992
  Final Out Of Service Date 17 March 2006
  Total Ships In Class 6
  Total Ships Preserved ''Iowa'' <br> ''New Jersey'' <br> ''Missouri'' <br> ''Wisconsin''
  Total Ships Unbuilt ''Illinois'' <br> ''Kentucky''
  Ship Type Battleship
  Ship Displacement 45,000&nbsp Ton s (standard)<br>52,000&nbsptons (mean war service)<br>58,000&nbsptons (full load)1
  Ship Length 861¼&nbsp Ft between perpendiculars 890&nbspft overall (27127&nbsp M )
  Ship Beam 108&nbspft (3292&nbspm)
  Ship Draught 36&nbspft (1097&nbspm) Maximum
  Ship Propulsion 4 screws geared turbines 8 Babcock & Wilcox Boilers GE (BB-61BB-63) West (BB-62 BB-64 BB-66)
  Ship Speed 33&nbsp Knot s (6112&nbsp Km/h nominal)35&nbsp Knot s (6482&nbsp Km/h maximum)
  Ship Range 9,600&nbspmiles (15,000&nbsp Km ) @ 25&nbspknots (46&nbspkm/h)<br>16,600&nbspmiles (27,000&nbspkm) @ 15&nbspknots (28&nbspkm/h)
  Ship Complement 2,700 officers and men (World War II, Korea and Vietnam), 1,800 officers and men (1980s)
  Ship Armament World War II, Korea, Vietnam:<br />9 × s<br />12 × 5&nbspin (127&nbspmm) 38 cal Mark 12 guns<br />32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile s<br />16 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles <br />4 × 20&nbspmm/76 Cal Phalanx CIWS
  Ship Armor s: 75&nbspin (191&nbspmm)
  Ship Aircraft World War II: 3 × Unmanned Aerial Vehicle