• Thumbnail for Iowa-class battleship
    The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940. They were initially intended to intercept fast capital...
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    USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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  • Thumbnail for Armament of the Iowa-class battleship
    The Iowa-class battleships are the most heavily armed warships the United States Navy has ever put to sea, due to the continual development of their onboard...
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  • Thumbnail for Montana-class battleship
    The Montana-class battleships were planned as successors of the Iowa class for the United States Navy, to be slower but larger, better armored, and with...
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  • Thumbnail for Alaska-class cruiser
    of the Cleveland-class light cruisers, the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, the Alaska class, and even one of the Iowa-class battleships; in the end, they...
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  • Thumbnail for USS New Jersey (BB-62)
    USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey....
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  • Thumbnail for 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun
    the main armament of the Iowa-class battleships and was the planned main armament of the canceled Montana-class battleship. Due to a lack of communication...
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  • Treaty USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the Iowa-class battleship that saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War USS Iowa (SSN-797)...
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    USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944...
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  • Thumbnail for North Carolina-class battleship
    The North Carolina class were a pair of fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s and early...
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  • Thumbnail for South Dakota-class battleship (1920)
    The first South Dakota class was a group of six battleships that were laid down in 1920 for the U.S. Navy, but were never completed; designed to achieve...
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    (BB-3). City of Art: USS Iowa (BB-4). The Patriot Files: USS Iowa (BB-4. DANFS: Iowa (BB-4). United States Navy: USS Iowa (Battleship # 4). Friedman (1985)...
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    USS Kentucky (BB-66) (category Iowa-class battleships)
    uncompleted battleship intended to be the last ship of the Iowa class. Hull BB-66 was originally to be the second ship of the Montana-class battleships. However...
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  • USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship in service from 1900 to 1922. USS Missouri (BB-63), an Iowa-class battleship in service (variably) from 1944...
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  • was an Illinois-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827) a planned Columbia-class submarine SS Wisconsin...
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    USS Illinois (BB-65) (category Iowa-class battleships)
    USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class fast battleship that was laid down for the United States Navy during World War II in the 1940s, although...
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  • from the 1999 John Linnell album State Songs USS Iowa, various US Navy ships Iowa-class battleship SS Iowa, built 1902 as livestock transport, WW I troop...
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  • Thumbnail for United States battleship retirement debate
    over the effectiveness of naval gunfire support (NGFS) provided by Iowa-class battleships, and whether an alternative should be implemented. The debate centered...
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    all four Iowa-class battleships. On several occasions, battleships were support ships in carrier battle groups, or led their own battleship battle group...
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  • Thumbnail for South Dakota-class battleship (1939)
    The South Dakota class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after...
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    USS Missouri (BB-63) (category Iowa-class battleships)
    an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned...
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    container for the BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Fitted to the Iowa-class battleship following their 1980s recommissioning upgrade, each ABL contains...
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  • Thumbnail for Kirov-class battlecruiser
    appearance of the Kirov class (first exemplar commissioned in 1979) played a key role in the recommissioning of the Iowa-class battleships by the United States...
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  • Thumbnail for Illinois-class battleship
    The Illinois class was a group of three pre-dreadnought battleships of the United States Navy commissioned at the beginning of the 20th century. The three...
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  • August 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via YouTube. "Home – USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park". ussalabama.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04. "USS ALBACORE –...
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  • Thumbnail for Kongō-class battlecruiser
    influenced the U.S. Navy's decision to order the Iowa-class fast battleships. The Kongō-class battleships were the most active capital ships of the Japanese...
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  • Thumbnail for Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
    to modernize the Arleigh Burke class began amid congressional concerns over the retirement of the Iowa-class battleship. In 1996, the Navy began a program...
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  • Thumbnail for Kearsarge-class battleship
    compromise between two preceding battleship designs, the low-freeboard Indiana class and the high-freeboard USS Iowa, though their design also incorporated...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Iowa (BB-4)
    USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1890s. The ship was a marked improvement over the previous Indiana-class...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Iowa Museum
    the USS Iowa (BB-61), lead ship of the Iowa class of battleships. USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of the last class of U.S. Navy battleships to be built...
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