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From: krs@deimos.caltech.edu (Karl Stapelfeldt)
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Subject: Re: U.S.S. Wisconsin
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Date: 16 Aug 90 03:01:43 GMT
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From: krs@deimos.caltech.edu (Karl Stapelfeldt)
     An interesting fact about the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin is that
she has a transplanted bow.  A collision sometime in the 1950's ruined
her original bow and it had to be repaired.  The donor ship was the never
completed battleship U.S.S. Kentucky, fifth ship of the Iowa class.
Work on the Kentucky was stopped when Japan was defeated and military
spending was scaled back.  The uncompleted ship sat in the yard for
years while congress debated the merits of scrapping her versus
completing her.  The issue was finally settled when the Wisconsin's need
arose - the rest of the Kentucky was scrapped.

     I've always wanted to get a close look at the Wisconsin so
I could locate the seam ...

Source: "United States Battleships - A History of America's Greatest
Fighting Fleet".  A GREAT book that emphasizes the operational history
of each ship, with 5 or 6 pages for every one.  The book has been out
of print for years - check your local library.

                                            Karl Stapelfeldt