USS Wyoming (BB-32) Ship's Bell Removal - Accession #: 1947-59-A
December 2022
NMUSN-5135: USS Wyoming (BB-32), Ship’s Bell, December 2022. The bell was being carried by forklift after removal from display base. Official U.S. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph. Digital only.
Commissioned in September 1912, USS Wyoming (BB-32) participated in World War I in the North Sea as part of Battleship Division Nine, serving with the British Grand Fleet. The battleship became a training ship in the 1930s and trained gunners throughout World War II. Decommissioned in 1947, Wyoming was then scrapped. The bell was transferred to the Naval Historical Center (now Naval History and Heritage Command). Loaned to the Naval Historical Display Center (now National Museum of the U.S. Navy), it was placed on display in the World War I exhibit area, eventually on prominent viewing area at the entrance. Removed in November 2022, Wyoming's bell was transferred to the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Curator Branch, Collection Management Facility, at Richmond, Virginia.
NMUSN-5132: USS Wyoming (BB-32), Ship’s Bell, December 2022. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Collection’s Manager Wesley Schwenk reviews the bell before being removed by forklift from display base. Official U.S. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph. Digital only.
NMUSN-5133 USS Wyoming (BB-32), Ship’s Bell, December 2022. The bell is being removed by forklift from display base. Official U.S. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph. Digital only.
NMUSN-5134: USS Wyoming (BB-32), Ship’s Bell, December 2022. The display base after the bell was removed by forklift. Official U.S. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph. Digital only.
NMUSN-5135: USS Wyoming (BB-32), Ship’s Bell, December 2022. The bell was being carried by forklift after removal from display base. Official U.S. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph. Digital only.
NMUSN-4773: World War I, 1970s. USS Wyoming (BB-32) bell, obverse side This photograph shows the World War I exhibit area before it was remodeled to the last configuration before the exhibit was removed in 2022. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
NMUSN-1255: World War I exhibit area, mid-1970s View shows the entrance, Y-Gun, and Mk6 Mine, along with the USS Wyoming (BB-32) bell. Original is a film strip. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
NMUSN-778: World War I, early 2000s. USS Wyoming (BB-32) bell, obverse side National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
NMUSN-5136: USS Wyoming (BB-32), Ship’s Bell, late 2010s. Bell on display in the World War I exhibit area. Official U.S. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph. Digital only.
