Wisconsin Square is a small park on

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...

's Elizabeth River waterfront, opposite the berth of the berth of the , a

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. It contains memorials to the seamen lost while serving on

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ships homeported in Norfolk. It also contains the

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of and a copy of ''

The Lone Sailor ''The Lone Sailor'', a 1987 bronze sculpture, is a tribute to all the personnel of the sea services. The sculpture was created by Stanley Bleifeld, for the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. History Rear Admiral William Thompson w ...

''.

Memorials

Wisconsin Square contains memorials to fallen

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

personnel that were home ported in Norfolk. * , 30 sailors lost in 1948 * , for those lost in the 1967 USS ''Forrestal'' fire * , for those killed in the 1967 USS ''Liberty'' incident * , lost with all hands in 1968 * , for crew lost in a 1972 misfire * , for the crew lost in the 1981 flight deck crash * , for the crew lost in the 1989 turret explosion * , for the crew lost in the 2000 suicide bombing *

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, September 11, 2001

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