T he USS Iowa was the lead ship of the class in the Iowa-class battleships. Commissioned in 1943, having been laid down in ...

In 1991, USS Wisconsin was decommissioned again, yet along with USS Iowa (BB-61) she was maintained in the United States Navy ...

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Initial system delivery was made in July 1986 and subsequently deployed on the battleship USS Iowa (BB 61) in December 1986. During 1987, three additional systems were delivered to the Marine ...

The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship, played a pivotal role in U.S. naval history, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War. Notably, Japan's official surrender in ...

A visit to the iconic Battleship USS Iowa Museum includes access to both interior and exterior areas on seven decks. The self-guided tour lets visitors see what life was like on the ship.

One of the four Iowa-class battleships constructed during the Second World War, USS Wisconsin (BB-65) had only completed her sea trials in the summer of 1944, before being sent to the Pacific.

When Task Force 58 became Task Force 38 in May 1945 (in a complicated bureaucratic system, the ships shifted designation between 5th and 3rd fleets during command changes), USS Missouri became ...

A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese flags during World War II before it was deliberately ...

A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km (4 miles) beneath the waves in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean.

The USS Grayback and its 80 crew members disappeared in 1944 when it was attacked by a Japanese aircraft. An underwater exploration project found the submarine off the coast of Okinawa ...

Not only is the building home to the governor's offices, the legislature and the old Supreme Court room, but it also shelters several artifacts, including a model of the USS Iowa battleship and ...