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	USS Iowa (BB-61) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy, but second to be commissioned, to be named in honor of the 29th state.
		The Iowa, as class leader of the last battleships in any navy, is often seen as a poiniant symbol of American diplomacy, foreign policy and military strength, and is thus the subject of several works of fiction, including the Clive Cussler novel Vixen 03 in which the Iowa plays a significant part.
		Iowa, as part of the Reserve Fleet, was berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, from 24 September 1998 to 8 March 2001 when she began her journey, under tow, to San Francisco.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61) (2526 words)

	USS Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Iowa in honor of the 29th state.
		The fourth Iowa was the lead ship in her class of battleships, and saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
		The third Iowa was a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uss_iowa (163 words)

	VFW Day Post 7591 USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Memorial Page
		The USS Wisconsin was the last of the four Iowas to be activated, and she was re-commissioned on 22 October 1988.
		Even though she and the USS Missouri (BB-63) had performed in an outstanding manner, there were a number of factors which caused the decision to remove her and the USS Missouri from active service.
		At the conclusion of the Persian Gulf war, the USS Wisconsin returned to the United States, and was soon greeted with the news that she was to be decommissioned.
	members.terracom.net /~vfwpost/usswis64.html (1008 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Iowa (BB-61)
		Iowa's subsequent career showing the flag, especially in the waters around the Middle East during the Iran-Iraq War, was short-lived.
		Built in only thirty-two months, Iowa's career spanned nearly half a century, though she was actually in commission for only eighteen years.
		Following the invasion and securing of the Philippines in the fall, she returned to San Francisco for overhaul, but returned in time for the landings on Okinawa and to bomb targets on the Japanese mainland.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_049000_ussiowa.htm (561 words)

	USS Iowa -- Turret Two
		We find his statements difficult to believe because of the gunnery profi-ciency that the Iowa had attained by 1988, but we did determine that he was reluctant to allow civilians on board to conduct tests on powder or new projectiles.
		There are few absolutely certain things in life, but the authors are convinced that, according to the evidence, the turrets on the Iowa and her sisters were safe and reliable as long as safety precautions were followed.
		The need to properly train gun crews to operate the 16-in guns of the Iowas was a concern to the U.S. Navy before this explosion occurred.
	www.combie.net /webharbor/museum/bb61-2.html (5127 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS Arkansas was in the Atlantic at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		It's namesake USS Lexington CV-16, after a distinguished career, was stationed in Pensacola, FL for many years and was "the" carrier that the Navy used for training pilots to land on aircraft carriers.
		The USS California was at Pearl Harbor, as was the USS Maryland.
	www.czbrats.com /Album/Photo_Album5.htm (373 words)

	History for USS Iowa - BB 53/BB61
		The third Iowa (BB-61) was commissioned 22 February 1943.
		Iowa joined UN Forces in the Korean conflict from April - October 1952, bombarding enemy targets at Songjin, Hungnam, and Kojo, North Korea.
		In January 1944, Iowa entered the Pacific Theatre and her combat debut in the Marshalls.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200266200046,00.html (124 words)

	USS Iowa BB-61, Battleship Development
		Iowa was built with an enlarged conning tower; to balance its topweight, she was never fitted with a quadruple Bofor guns on No. 2 turret.
		General The four Iowas were the largest and fastest battleships completed for the US Navy during World War II; in principle they were South Dakotas lengthened for higher speed, the increased displacement being used also to pass from 45 to 50 cal l6 inch guns.
		Wartime modifications included some extensions to the bridgework and major additions of light anti-aircraft weapons; surely an unexpected dividend of the great length adopted for high speed was the ease with which light weapons could be added without interfering with the arcs of fire of l6 inch and 5 inch guns.
	www.geocities.com /batdev/iowabb-61class.html (1051 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Iowa (BB 4)
		The second Iowa (BB-4) was laid down by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, 5 August 1893; launched 28 March 1896; sponsored by Miss M. Drake, daughter of the governor of Iowa; and commissioned 16 June 1897, Captain W. Sampson in command.
		Iowa, continuing the battle in company with converted yacht Gloucester sank the Spanish destroyer Pluton and so damaged destroyer Furor that she ran upon the rocks.
		Iowa remained in the North Atlantic until she was placed in reserve 6 July 1907.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/iowa/bb4-iowa.html (546 words)

	Iowa Class Battleships
		The Iowa and the Wisconsin have been restored to category "B" on the Naval Registry list which means that the ships are back in the reserve fleet, and are could be recommisioned.
		The Iowa class battleships are the biggest and only battleships left in the world today.
		The four ships were first commisioned in the 1940's, but 40 years later in the 1980's they were recomissioned again, and they came back and became the most superior surface warfare ships at sea.
	home.comcast.net /~shipsoftheusn/iowa.html (676 words)

	Find Iowa Class Battleships Art Prints! Get results at MarkChurms.com
		USS Sacramento (AOE-1) refueling Iowa Class battleships; USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in the Persian Gulf, 1991.
		USS Missourri BB63 and USS Wisconsin BB64 are resupplied at sea:
		This simultaneous refueling of two dreadnoughts may never be accomplished again due to the retirement of the Iowa class battleships.
	www.markchurms.com /united-states-navy-iowa-class-battleships.html (426 words)

	Home Page
		Join the thousands who have written Congress and the Navy, donated funds, and have brought their skills and energy to bear on relocating the USS Iowa as a mobilization asset to the Bay Area and continue to work on ensuring that IOWA is preserved after she is stricken from the naval registry.
		Namesake of the most powerful and fastest class of battleships ever launched, the USS Iowa in San Francisco can serve again as a powerful beacon, reminding us of those who answered the call to sail in harms way.
		IOWA arrived in Suisun Bay, just north of San Francisco, on April 20, 2001 and is now with the reserve fleet.
	www.battleshipiowa.org (590 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw
		This model represents the Iowa as she re-entered service in 1984, with new Harpoon and Tomahawk launchers taking over were 20 mm and 40 mm guns had been.
		The NNT Iowa is a little more detailed but doesn't compare to this one in the price.
		This is a special version of the Iowa and it includes a full lower hull instead of a waterline insert.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/bb/bb-61/700-pr/iowa.html (623 words)

	U.S.S. Iowa BB-61 History
		USS IOWA also made stops at ports en route in support of "Naval Presence" operations designed to back-up friendly states in Central America and Caribbean.
		The USS IOWA received her first hit when she was struck by two Japanese 4.7 projectiles, neither of which caused significant damage.
		July Serving as flagship of Second Fleet, USS IOWA was a participant in Operation Mariner, a major NATO exercise in Northern Europe.
	www.warships1.com /US/USbb61-history.htm (2373 words)

	USN Ships--USS Iowa (BB-61)
		USS Iowa, lead ship of a class of 45,000-ton battleships, was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York.
		USS Iowa is presently part of the Reserve Fleet.
		A fire in her second sixteen-inch gun turret killed 47 crewmen on 19 April 1989, but Iowa was still able to deploy to Europe and the Mediterranean Sea in mid-year.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/bb61.htm (902 words)

	MRC - Ships Series - USS IOWA BB-61, Item: 7324, Plastic Model Kits/Ships
		The USS Iowa was commissioned in February 1943.
		The Iowa is presently part of the Reserve Fleet berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport R.I. She earned nine battle stars for WW II and two for service in Korea.
		During the WW II campaign for the Marshall Islands, the Iowa was struck by two Japanese 4.7” shells but suffered little damage and continued to fight and protect carriers.
	www.modelrec.com /products/plasticModels/product.asp?ID=1118&Subcategory=Ships (119 words)

	MaritimeQuest - Battleships - USS Iowa BB-61
		All four Iowa class battleships June 7, 1954
		(this is the only time all four of the Iowa class ships were together)
	www.maritimequest.com /warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_iowa_bb61.htm (31 words)

	Book Review: Explosion aboard the Iowa
		into the 19 April 1989 Explosion in Turret II USS Iowa(BB-61)”
		The explosion in center gun, Turret II, USS
		In the normal course of events, the 19 April 1989 ramming of five powder bags about 21 inches past the standard ram position could not have caused premature ignition....
	www.iprr.org /Reviews/IOWAreview.html (1624 words)

	Battleship Veterans - USS IOWA
		All pictures on this page used with permission of the USS IOWA(BB-61) Veteran's Association
		The USS IOWA was the lead class of the largest, fastest, and most powerful Battleship built by the United States of America.
		She propelled herself through the water at 33+ knots and fired high explosives that weighed as much as a Volkswagen up to 28 miles with pinpoint accuracy.
	spclevents.com /ships/iowa/iowa.html (73 words)

	USA 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 Pictures
		A forward turret being constructed aboard USS Iowa BB-61 in 1942.
		USS Missouri BB-63 in 1950 firing on Chongjin, North Korea
		Ceremonial honor guard prepares to render a 21-gun salute at the 59th anniversary ceremony of the end of World War II aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) Memorial on 2 September 2004
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7_pics.htm (475 words)

	Tamiya America Item #31616 US Navy Battleship BB-61 Iowa
		Commissioned in February 1943, the USS Iowa served briefly in the Atlantic before departing
		Iowa bombarded industrial cities on the Japanese homeland towards the end of the war.
		the Iowa, namesake and first of the Iowa class battleships, as she appeared in WWII.
	www.tamiyausa.com /product/item.php?product-id=31616 (299 words)

	Iowa_Class.html
		There are 4 battleships that formed the Iowa Class.
		The Montana Class would be 50% larger than the Iowa Class of Battleships.
		Two more Iowa Class Battleships were under construction in 1945:
	www.angelfire.com /cantina/que_pasa/Iowa_Class.html (251 words)

	USS 'Iowa' (BB-61) firing main battery in 1984
		USS 'Iowa' (BB-61) firing main battery in 1984
	www.compass.dircon.co.uk /Iowa-2.htm (8 words)

	USS IOWA (BB-61)
		The USS IOWA (BB-61) transited the Panama Canal March 26 - March 28, 2001 on its way from Rhode Island to the San Francisco Bay Area.
		Because of the dedicated actions of many that served aboard the USS IOWA, the ship will become a memorial instead of ending up in a scrap heap.
		These pictures of the ship's last transit of the Canal were taken on March 27 and 28, 2001 as it cleared Gaillard Cut and went through Miraflores Locks on the Pacific Side of the Isthmus of Panama.
	www.czbrats.com /Photos/Iowa2/ussiowa.htm (127 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Naval News Photos
		She will be laid up in the Suisun Bay reserve fleet for a few years, and then will likely become a museum in the San Francisco area.
		February 12 - Abraham Lincoln Battlegroup Returns from Deployment Following a six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf, the eight ship of the battlegroup have returned to their west coast homeports, bringing thousands of sailors back to their families.
		After being detained by the Chinese for 11 days, the 24 men and women of the US EP-3E crew boarded a charted 737 for the flight to Guam and eventual return to NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
	www.hazegray.org /news/archive2001a.htm (2518 words)

	Ship_Store_Donation
		The project to relocate the U.S.S. Iowa (BB-61) to the San Francisco Bay Area has been the beneficiary of tens of thousands of dollars in donations from individuals, companies, and organizations such as The San Francisco Foundation (click to visit website).
		Make a donation and receive an item from the Ship's Store, or, join IOWA 61, a donor membership with Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square.
		USS Iowa (11"x17") Lithograph by George Bisharat, Artist/Historian
	www.battleshipiowa.org /Ship_Store_Donation.htm (422 words)

	SeaPhoto Catalog - Battleships
		USS Iowa at Providence, USS Forrestal is in the background
		Last of the dreadnoughts, the Iowa's operated during most of the 1980's and into the early 90's.
		Set BB60S 14 views from behind BB on another vessel, hull detail, aft gun, SS, director.
	wmunderway.8m.com /seaphoto/catalog/bb.html (1767 words)

	Home Page
		This web-site designed by John Schultz, a fellow battleship sailor from the USS IOWA(BB-61) and developed by Ed Campbell, a member of USS New Jersey Veterans, Inc.
		USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) opened, as a museum October 15, 2001.
		We are the USS NEW Jersey Veteran's, INC. - WE are the CREW of USS NEW JERSEY.
	www.ussnewjersey.org (278 words)

	USS Iowa - BB-61 Battleship Photo Gallery - Benicia, California
		The Veteran's Association of the USS IOWA (BB-61)
		USS Iowa - BB-61 on way through the Carquines Strait to storage in the Benicia Mothball Fleet in
		USS Iowa - BB-61 Battleship Photo Gallery - Benicia, California
	www.beniciapress.com /gallery/uss-iowa/iowa.htm (132 words)

	VOL1193.txt
		He would like to obtain the external dimensions of the 14"/45 (as used on the USS Arizona) and the 16"/50 (as used on the USS Iowa).
		Subject: USS Ranger History and Pictures USS Ranger (CV-4) The sixth Ranger (CV-4), the first ship of the Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier was laid down 26 September 1931 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 25 February 1933, sponsored by Mrs.
		Subject: Re: USS Ranger This was kitted by Corsair Armada but is now OOP.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL1193.txt (3716 words)

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