WEAPON OF RETALIATION: The U.S.S. Wisconsin, third of the "biggest battleship " class to be completed, ready for launching. Some idea of the immense size of this 52,600-ton battleship can be gained from the figures of the workmen at the base of the bow, which is taller than a five-storey building. The 16-inch gun turrets weigh as much a s a modern destroyer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24849, 22 March 1944, Page 7
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62WEAPON OF RETALIATION: The U.S.S. Wisconsin, third of the "biggest battleship " class to be completed, ready for launching. Some idea of the immense size of this 52,600-ton battleship can be gained from the figures of the workmen at the base of the bow, which is taller than a five-storey building. The 16-inch gun turrets weigh as much as a modern destroyer. New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24849, 22 March 1944, Page 7
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