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This year, Norfolk’s Battleship has more lights than Disneyland

December 22, 2020

Missing holiday lights this year? If you live near Norfolk, Virginia, you don’t have to! Amidst countless cancelations of winter festivities this year, the battleship Wisconsin is restoring a little…

World War II battleship Wisconsin celebrates 76th birthday

April 29, 2020

By Jessica Manfre

In 1939, Congress authorized the construction of the USS Wisconsin. The build began at the Philadelphia Naval Yard in 1941. The United States was still doing everything she could to avoid being involved in the war in Europe, but preparing nonetheles…

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