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Unfortunately, since they do not explicitly state their sources for the article, this cannot be considered canonical. 'In early March 1952, Wisconsin and the destroyer USS Duncan (DDR-874) steamed north as part of an overall effort by the Navy and Air Force to strike targets deep inside North Korea. This being a reference to the destroyer USS Duncan (DDR-874), the article having previously noted (on page 14): 'After observing Wisconsin returning the North Korean challenge in dramatic fashion, Duncan signaled to the battleship “Temper, Temper Wisconsin.”

The first of these, part of the article titled ' Freedom Fighter: Battleship Wisconsin in the Korean War', states (on page 16):

In Volume 7, No 4 they relate two stories about the incident.

The Daybook is an authorised publication of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum which currently manages the battleship USS Wisconsin. Which is anecdotal evidence from an eyewitness (albeit at second-hand), which does suggest that the story of the message from an escort vessel may be true. If I remember the story correctly this is when the USS Wisconsin received the message, “Temper, temper”' This picture of the damage sustained by USS Wisconsin on 15 March 1952 was posted there on the anniversary this year (15 March 2019):Ī member of the group, whose father served on the USS Wisconsin at the time posted the following: There is a Facebook group dedicated to the USS Wisconsin (BB-64). It seems more likely to have been the USS Duncan (DDR-874). There is some evidence to show that the message was, in fact, sent during that engagement, but it seems unlikely that it was the USS Buck that sent it.

Us navy history uss saint paul vietnam war