A veteran of World War II, Iowa —and her sister battleships—sported a main battery of three 16-inch, 50-caliber three-gun turrets, along with a secondary battery of lesser guns and a ...

Being on the deck of an old battleship is deeply moving. The cold steel under your feet, the scent of old wood and sea air, ...

It also bears a likeness of its predecessor ship, the battleship USS Iowa, BB-61, which served from World War II through 1990 and is now a museum in the Port of Los Angeles.

USS Washington One underrated battleship that isn’t always at the top of my mind is the USS Washington. The Washington once sank an enemy battleship—a feat not matched by the famed Iowa-class.

Deep Dive into the Battleship USS Iowa Laid down on June 6, 1940, USS Iowa was completed on February 22, 1943, and just two days later was put to sea for a shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay and ...

Gayle Anderson reports what KTLA has been following since July 2024, the unique project of replacing the distressed deck of the historic Battleship Iowa, also known as the Battleship of Presidents ...

The first USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnaught battleship, BB-4, first laid down in 1893, then decommissioned in 1903. The second, and most famous, was BB-61, the lead ship of the Iowa class of battleships.

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 during later wars.

The battleship USS Iowa, which during its 50 years of service welcomed on its decks three presidents (Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush), is today a floating museum in San Pedro.