S2 - GCHR Battleship (USS Wisconsin BB-64) Mystery Cache
GCHR Fleet Command: Battleship down. RIP S2.
S2 - GCHR Battleship (USS Wisconsin BB-64)
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They are one possible parking location only. The ship can obviously be attacked from multiple vantage points.
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FM CACHE STRIKE FORCE LEADER//
TO GCHR STRIKE FORCE ALPHA//
INFO GCHR HAMPTON ROADS VA//
CONFIDENTIAL //N02319//
MSGID/FLASH/GCHR HUNTERS//
SUBJ/ GCHR BATTLESHIP – TARGET IDENTIFIED – USS WISCONSIN BB-64 //
REF/A (visit link) //
RMKS/ 1. ALL HANDS BE ADVISED, BATTLESHIP TARGET IDENTIFIED. LOCATE CLUES AND COMPLETE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR LOCATION: 36 4A.BCD 76 1E.FGH.
2. TARGET HISTORY - USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), OR "WISKY", IS AN IOWA-CLASS BATTLESHIP, THE SECOND SHIP OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF THE U.S. STATE OF WISCONSIN. SHE WAS BUILT AT THE PHILADELPHIA NAVAL SHIPYARD INPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND LAUNCHED ON 7 DECEMBER 1943 (THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEARL HARBOR RAID), SPONSORED BY THE WIFE OF GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, WALTER GOODLAND.
DURING HER CAREER, WISCONSIN SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF WORLD WAR II, WHERE SHE SHELLED JAPANESE FORTIFICATIONS AND SCREENED UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AS THEY CONDUCTED AIR RAIDS AGAINST ENEMY POSITIONS. DURING THE KOREAN WAR, WISCONSIN SHELLED NORTH KOREAN TARGETS IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS AND SOUTH KOREANGROUND OPERATIONS, AFTER WHICH SHE WAS DECOMMISSIONED INTO THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE FLEETS, BETTER KNOWN AS THE "MOTHBALL FLEET". SHE WAS REACTIVATED 1 AUGUST 1986 AND MODERNIZED AS PART OF THE 600-SHIP NAVY PLAN, AND PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DESERT STORM IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1991.
WISCONSIN WAS LAST DECOMMISSIONED IN SEPTEMBER 1991, HAVING 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 STRUCK FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER (NVR) 17 MARCH 2006, AND, AS OF 14 DECEMBER 2009, HAS BEEN DONATED FOR PERMANENT USE AS A MUSEUM SHIP. ON 15 APRIL 2010, THE CITY OF NORFOLK OFFICIALLY TOOK OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE SHIP.
3. BE ADVISED – FINAL LOCATION EXHIBITS THE FOLLOWING : AREA CAN BE WET AND MUDDY, HIGH INSECT ACTIVITY IN WARM MONTHS, SOME COORDINATE DRIFT LIKELY, DAYLIGHT ATTACK ONLY –NIGHT OPERATIONS NOT ALLOWED.
4. UPON COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENT REPORT STATUS TO WWW.GEOCACHING.COM AND STANDBY FOR FURTHER ORDERS.//
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