6 February 1991, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) sends 11 shells across 19 mi (31 km) of space to destroy an Iraqi artillery battery in southern Kuwait during a mission called in by USMC OV-10 Bronco aircraft.
MuseumShip USS Wisconsin at Nauticus in Norfolk, VA
On 6 February 1929, Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) was laid down at Charleston Drydock & Machine Company, in Charleston, SC. She would be build at a cost of $274,424.
Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD
On 6 February 1959 LST-542-class USS Pender County (LST-1080) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
She was transferred to South Korea in 1959 as ROKS Hwa San (LST-816) ans is now a museum ship, on display alongside ROKS Jeon Ju (DD 925) (former USS Rogers - DD-876) at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province.
