Previously Held NEC SK-2814-SNAP II Supply and Financial Management (SFM) Storekeeper
SK-2824-Supply and Accounting (SUADPS R/T) Technical Specialist
SK-0000-Storekeeper
Service Years
1988 - 2008
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Neptune Subpoena
Order of the Rock
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
Went to school after retirement and just finished receiving my Bachelor's in February '10 and being a Harley ridin' fool!
-Currently working for the Department of the Navy in Logistics.
NEC SK-2814-SNAP II Supply and Financial Management (SFM) Storekeeper
Base, Station or City Norfolk
State/Country Virginia
Patch
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Details
Iowa Class Battleship: Displacement 45,000 Tons, Dimensions, 887' 3" (oa) x 108' 2" x 37' 9" (Max). Armament 9 x 16"/50 20 x 5"/38AA, 80 x 40mm 49 x 20mm, 3 AC. Armor, 12 1/8" Belt, 17" Turrets, 1 1/2" +6" +5/8" Decks, 17 1/4" Conning Tower. Machinery, 212,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 1921.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, January 25 1941. Launched 7 December 1943. Commissioned April 16 1944. Decommissioned July 1 1948. Recommissioned March 3 1951. Decommissioned March 8 1958. Recommissioned October 22 1988. Decommissioned September 30 1991. Stricken for disposal 12 January 1995 but retained in reserve. Reinstated on the Naval Vessels Register, in reserve, 12 February 1998.
Fate: Berthed at Norfolk, VA; to become a museum-in-reserve,with the weather decks open to the public, but the ship still maintained in reserve and owned by the Navy.
