Wisconsin on the left and Iowa on the right.
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Laid down: January 25, 1941
Launched: December 7, 1943
Commissioned: April 16, 1944
Decommissioned: July 1, 1948
Recommissioned: March 3, 1951
Decommissioned: March 8, 1958
Recommissioned: October 22, 1988
Decommissioned: September 30, 1991
Struck: March 17, 2006
USS Iowa (BB-61)
Laid down: June 27, 1940
Launched: August 27, 1942
Commissioned: February 22, 1943
Decommissioned: March 24, 1949
Recommissioned: August 25, 1951
Decommissioned: February 24, 1958
Recommissioned: April 28, 1984
Decommissioned: October 26, 1990
Struck: March 17, 2006