E kipa aku i ka Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64) ma Norfolk, Virginia

I kou nānāʻana i ke kaua kaua,ʻike kokeʻoe i kona mana. ʻO nā pū nunui, kahi hiʻona nani a me kahiʻoihana i hoʻokūkūʻia me nā mea hōʻailona e pili ana kēia moku i kaʻoihana. Ua lanakila nā moku i nā moana mai ke Kaua Honua Mua a hōʻea i ke Kaua Honua II a ua lawelaweʻia me ka hanohano ma ka US Navy i nā mea a pau ma o ka Operation Desert Storm. ʻO USS Wisconsin (BB 64), ka hapakolu o nā moku kauaʻehā o Iowa-i kūkuluʻia, i kēia manawa e noho nei ma ke kūlana hanohano i hanaʻia ma Norfolk, Virginia, ma keʻano he māhele o ka hale kālaiʻikeʻo Nauticus.

Ka moʻaukala o ka moku kaua USS Wisconsin

Ua kauohaʻia ke moku kaua USS Wisconsin i ka makahiki 1944,ʻekolu makahiki ma hope o kona waihoʻiaʻana o ke kele ma Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Ua kākoʻo nā USS Wisconsin i nā hana ma ka Pākīpika Pākīpika i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II , a loaʻa iā ia nā hōkū kaua. Ua hoʻokuʻuʻia ka moku kaua i ka makahiki 1948. Ua ho'āla houʻiaʻo "Wisky" i ke ola i ka makahiki 1951 e lawelawe i ke kaua Korean , loaʻa hou kahi hōkū kaua ma kēlā kaua. Ua hoʻokuʻuʻia i ka makahiki 1958, ua hoʻohanaʻia ka USS Wisconsin ma kahi o 30 mau makahiki i loko o nā mothballs ma mua o ka hoʻoponoponoʻiaʻana a me ka hoʻolahaʻia i ka makahiki 1988. Ua hoʻohanaʻia ka USS Wisconsin i loko o ka Ope Desert Shield a me Desert Storm, e hoʻomau i kahi kūlana nui ma ke Gulf Persian, me ke kākoʻo nui i nā pūʻali i hoʻolaʻaʻia no ka hoʻopakeleʻana i Kuwait a me ka loaʻaʻana o ka Hoʻohanohano o nā Navy. Ua nui loa ka waiwai o ka moku kaua ikaika e hoʻomau i ka piliʻana i ka hōʻailona kālā o ka Pakipika a me ka USS Wisconsin i hoʻokuʻu houʻia i ka makahiki 1991.

Ma hope o ka halaʻana o nā makahiki he nui i ka Phihipelard Philadelphia, ua neʻe ka moku kaua i Norfolk Naval Shipyard i 1996 a iā Nauticus ma hope koke iho, mahalo nui i nā koa i lawelawe ma ka papa a me nā kānaka i hoʻolālā i ka manaʻo o kahi hale kiʻi moana i Norfolk. Ua kohoʻiaʻo "Wisky" ma ka National Register of Historic Places a nona ka mea i mālamaʻia e Norfolk, Virginia.

Ke holo nei i ka Pakipihi USS Wisconsin ma Nauticus

No kaʻikeʻana i ka moku kaua, ponoʻoe e hele iā Nauticus ma Waterside Drive ma Norfolk, Virginia. Aia kēia meena hoʻokipa moana me nā hōʻike lima e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka manawa mai ka makahiki 1800 a hiki i kēia lā. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohālikelike i kahi moku, kōkua e wehe i ke koena o ke kaua makahiki USSS Monitor me kahi'ūpili robot a hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū me nā mea ola o nā wahi o nā alanui Hampton. Nā hanana kūikawā e nānā ana i ka neʻeʻana o nā moku moana a me nā hoʻokele kaua i kaʻike Nauticus.

Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kahi kaʻahele alakaʻi ponoʻia o nāʻanoʻelua o ka moku, e like me ka papa nui, nā keʻena o nā luna, ke keʻena, ka papaʻaʻahu, ka hale pule, a me nā mea ukana. Loaʻa nā papa hana e pane i nā nīnau āu e pili ai i ka moku kaua.

Inā makemakeʻoe eʻike i nā alahaka o ka moku, ka moku moku o ke kāpena, ka moku'āinaʻo Admiral a me ka Combat Engagement Center, ponoʻoe e kūʻai i kahi pepa'auki Gold, e komo pū ana me ka huakaʻi alakaʻi o kēia mau wahi. ʻO kāu huakaʻi e hāpai iāʻoe i nā alapiʻi a me nā alapine i nā wahi paʻapū o ka moku; ʻaʻole hoʻolālā. Inā hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kēia huakaʻi, eʻikeʻoe he mea maikaʻi loa ia, eʻike anaʻoe i nā wahi i hanaʻia ai nā hoʻoholo kaua i ka manawa o ka wela o ke kaua.

ʻO nā huakaʻi alakaʻi nui,ʻo ia ka uku hoʻolimalima,ʻelua manawa i ka lā ma ka lā pule a hoʻokahi manawa ma nā lā hopena. Hele kekahi o kēia mau huakaʻi iāʻoe i nā lumi i komo i loko o ka pepa kūʻai gula. Hoʻokiʻekiʻe kekahi iāʻoe i kahi lumi pūnaewele.

ʻO ka superstructure nui o ka USS Wisconsin a he 16-inch mau pū, a ua puhiʻia nā pūpū i ka 2,700 paona i kēlā me kēia, i ke poʻo o ka papa nui. Hiki ke loli nā pale pana i hiki i nā meaʻeiwa a pau ke puhi i kahi ākea ākea, a hiki i ka 23 mau mile mile.

I kou kūʻana ma kēia papa kuʻikuʻi kūpilikiʻi, hoʻomakaʻoe eʻike i kēia moku he 887 kapuaʻi kahi home a kokoke iʻelua tausani mau luina, i aʻoʻia a pau e hana pū i kahi pahuhopu kū hoʻokahi. I kekahi manawa, mai kahi home no nā mahina i kēlā me kēia manawa, he "kahakai kahakai kahakai" kahi o nā luina ma ka papa helicopter kahi pae'āina, hakakā i nā hakakā a nā mokuʻokoʻa'ē aʻe a hoʻokuʻuʻia, hoʻomākaukauʻia a hoʻomana no ka hoʻokomoʻana me nā pūʻali hakakā.

I kēia lā, hui nā luna a me nā luina e mālama ana ma Wisky i nā hui ma Norfolk i nā makahikiʻelua e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻokaʻaʻike i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, kākala i nā moʻolelo moana aʻike hou i kā lākou moku kaua aloha.

Nā kōkua no ka heleʻana aku iā Nauticus a me ka moku kauaʻo Wisconsin

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Norfolk, VA 23510

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