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Originally Posted by Suhiir
USS Iowa (BB 61) - Recommissioned 25 Aug 1951, decommissioned again 24 Feb 1958. Recommissioned again 28 Apr 1984, decommissioned last time 26 Oct 1990. Berthed in Suisan Bay, San Francisco, Calif., 21 April 2001.
USS Wisconsin (BB 64) - Recommissioned 3 Mar 1951, decommissioned again at Bayonne on 8 Mar 1958. Recommissioned again on 22 Oct 1988, decommissioned for the final time on 30 Sep 1991. Moored at the National Maritime Center, Norfolk, Va., 7 Dec. 2000, the centerpiece of a four-part naval history exhibit. Wisconsin opened to the public on 16 Apr 2001.
The USS Iowa (BB 61) and USS Wisconsin (BB 64) while not currently active have not been converted into museums. So could be recommissioned fairly easily.
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Here is the USS Wisconsin, aka "Wisky" in Norflok, Va:
And the "Big Stick" USS Iowa in the Suisun Bay at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet:
Suisun Bay can be entered from the San Francisco Bay, once pass the refineries at Richmond, continue through the San Pablo Bay to the Suisun Bay, where the fleet is berthed on the North. It is a nice and at times challenging sail from the City.
Too many memories.