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by Don Mercer
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The battleship, USS Wisconsin, was launched on December 7, 1943, and is currently docked beside the Nauticus, The National Maritime Museum, in... more
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The battleship, USS Wisconsin, was launched on December 7, 1943, and is currently docked beside the Nauticus, The National Maritime Museum, in Norfolk, Virginia. The Wisconsin saw action in World War II and during the Korean War, after which it was decommissioned. However, in 1986, she was reactivated and saw action once again in the Gulf War during January and February 1991. This Iowa-class battleship has some of the following specifications: Displacement - 52,000 tons; Length - 887.2 feet; Beam - 108.2 feet; Draft - 28.9 feet; Speed - 30 knots (approximately 35 mph); and Complement - 1,921 officers and men. The USS Wisconsin is currently listed on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register. [Source: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)]
Don Mercer is an author and freelance fine art photographer. Research for one book took him to the middle of Cambodia in 1999, as he was the first from among his wartime unit to return to that country. During the War in Southeast Asia - known to most as the Vietnam War, he flew over two hundred combat missions as an Air Force pilot in the Cessna O-2A. His combat assignment was as a Forward Air Controller, or FAC. The majority of his combat missions were flown in Cambodia at night. While in Southeast Asia in 1970-71, his interest in photography intensified with the purchase of his first two of numerous Nikon cameras. Black and white, as well as color, 35mm, and Super 8 movie films were used at the time. The transition to digital...
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