On this date the USS-Wisconsin was christened by Wisconsin's first lady Madge Goodland. The ship was re-christened by Mrs. Goodland in March 1951 during the Korean War. The USS-Wisconsin was inactive for many years but was recommissioned in 1989.
[Source: First Ladies of Wisconsin, the Governor's Wives by Nancy G. Williams, p.181]
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Mmmmm.... 16 inch guns.
Owen (of B&S, that is) wants one.
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