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2 days ago · 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 ships such as the Japanese Kongō class and serve as the "fast wing" of the U.S. battle line. [3] [4] The Iowa class was designed to meet the Second London Naval Treaty 's "escalator ...
3 days ago · Aft of USS Iowa. In an unexpected twist of naval fate, ardent advocates for the majestic dreadnoughts have swayed the United States Navy to reinstate two iconic battleships, the Iowa (BB-61) and ...
3 days ago · Thundering sounds of 16” naval guns signaled the imminent doom of America’s enemies in multiple wars throughout the 20 th century. With those massive guns, Iowa -class battleships helped write world history from World War II to the Gulf War. They were unmistakable symbols of U.S. strength around the world. USS Missouri (BB-63) underway at ...
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1 day ago · The area we know today as the city of Carter Lake was originally part of Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs was founded in 1853, when a section of the Missouri River, called Saratoga Bend, wrapped ...
4 days ago · USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, for many years the northernmost military post in the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe.
- 1819
- Colonel Josiah Snelling
3 days ago · The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.
3 days ago · Some time ago I began a thread here about creating a 1980s USS Iowa in 1/120 scale (7'-4.7" long) as part of a railroad scene at Naval Weapons Station Earle (New Jersey). I got sidetracked. I'd like to give it another go and hope that I'll get some great suggestions as I did last time.
