Festive Wisconsin

Searchlights cut through the dark as the light display lends a festive scene to the deck of the battleship Wisconsin! Winterfest on the Wisconsin includes 650,000 lights that create an amazing Holiday display on this old warship moored next to the Nauticus Museum in the Norfolk, Virginia harbor.

USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship, built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 7 December 1943.

During her career, Wisconsin served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in the Korean War, and in Operation Desert Storm in January and February 1991.

Wisconsin was last decommissioned in September 1991 earned a total of six battle stars for service in World War II and Korea, as well as a Navy Unit Commendation for service during the January/February 1991 Gulf War. She currently functions as a museum ship operated by Nauticus, The National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Virginia.

Wisconsin was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) 17 March 2006, and was donated for permanent use as a museum ship. On 15 April 2010, the City of Norfolk officially took over ownership of the ship.

holiday lightschristmas lightsholiday decorationsBattleship WisconsinWinterfest Wisconsinvisit norfolkvisit virginialovevaholiday displaysLight showstravel photographydalercarlson photographybluemoonistic