Holiday Boat Parade

A lighted boat parade, in the Norfolk, Virginia harbor next to the battleship Wisconsin. Winterfest at the Wisconsin is sponsored by the Nauticus Museum. The battleship Wisconsin, ablaze 650,000 lights is the centerpiece of this amazing tribute to the Christmas holidays!

The 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.

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