Mon. Apr 27th, 2026

USS Wisconsin (BB-9)

USS Wisconsin (BB-9) is an Illinois-class battleship that entered service with the United States Navy in 1901. Wisconsin served early in her service as flagship of the Pacific Fleet, but in 1903 she was transferred to the Asian Fleet, where she took up position as flagship of the Northern Squadron. After that, the ship returned to the United States for modernization.

From 1912 the ship served as a training ship and was dismantled in 1922.

technical parameters USS Wisconsin (BB-9)

Name Wisconsin
Class and type Illinois-class battleship
Builder Union Iron Works
Laid down 9 February 1897
Launched 26 November 1898
Commissioned 4 February 1901
Decommissioned 15 May 1920
Stricken 1 July 1921
Fate Sold for scrap
Length 373 ft 10 in (113.94 m)
Beam 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Draft 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Displacement
  • Normal: 11,565 long tons (11,751 t)
  • Full load: 12,250 long tons (12,450 t)
Propulsion
  • 2 × triple-expansion steam engines
  • 2 × screw propellers
Installed power
  • 8 × fire-tube boilers, 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW)
Speed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew 531
Armor
  • Belt: 4 to 16.5 in (102 to 419 mm)
  • Turrets: 14 in (356 mm)
  • Barbettes: 15 in (381 mm)
  • Casemates: 6 in (152 mm)
  • Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)
Armament
  • 4 × 13 in (330 mm)/35 caliber guns
  • 14 × 6 in (152 mm)/40 caliber guns
  • 16 × 6-pounder guns (57 mm (2.2 in))
  • 6 × 1-pounder guns (37 mm (1.5 in))
  • 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Wisconsin (BB-9)

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