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| | U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Wisconsin (BB 64) |
 | | Between 14 and 16 December, TF 38's naval aviators secured complete tactical surprise and quickly won complete mastery of the air and sank or destroyed 27 Japanese vessels; damaged 60 more; destroyed 269 planes; and bombed miscellaneous ground installations. |
 | | TF 38's warplanes sank 41 ships and damaged heavily damaged docks, storage areas, and aircraft facilities. |
 | | The next day, 151 enemy aircraft committed hara-kiri into TF 58, but Wisconsin, bristling with 5-inch, 40-millimeter and 20- millimeter guns, together with other units of the screens for the vital carriers, kept the enemy at bay or destroyed him before he could reach his targets. |
| www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/wisconsin/bb64-wi.html (4663 words) |
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