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Battleship USS IOWA Museum 250 S. Harbor Blvd Los Angeles (San Pedro), CA 90731 p: 877-446-9261 p: 310-971-4462. Hours Open Daily, 10a – 5p. The museum is operated by Pacific Battleship Center, a 501c3 non-profit organization solely supported by admissions, donations, event space rentals, and gift shop.
Battleship Iowa Statistics Timeline. USS IOWA (BB 61) springs from a distinguished line of namesakes. The first IOWA, a 3,200-ton gunboat, dates back to 1864. The second, an 11,000 tonner, fired the first shot at Santiago Bay in the Spanish-American War and took the Spanish Admiral prisoner.
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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. Commissioned in February 1943, she spent her initial...
Dec 7, 2022 · The USS Iowa was ordered in July 1939 and laid down at the New York Naval Shipyard the following year. She was commissioned on February 22, 1943, with Capt. John L. McCrea at the helm. McCrea was a naval aid for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was escorted to Morocco for the Casablanca Conference aboard the battleship.
Iowa was decommissioned in October 1990 and currently serves as a museum battleship at the Port of Los Angeles, California. Image: 330-CFD-DN-ST-86-02456 : USS Iowa (BB-61), 1984. Aerial port...
The Battleship USS Iowa Museum is a maritime museum located at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States. The museum's main artifact is the USS Iowa (BB-61), lead ship of the Iowa class of battleships. History.
Jan 12, 2020 · Updated on January 12, 2020. U.S.S. Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of the Iowa -class of battleships. The last and largest class of battleships constructed for the U.S. Navy, the Iowa -class ultimately consisted of four ships.
