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The four Iowa-class ships operating as Battleship Division 2 off the Virginia Capes in 1954; from front to back is Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and New Jersey. When brought into service during the final years of World War II, the Iowa-class battleships were assigned to operate in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
The first Iowa-class ship was laid down in June 1940; in their World War II configuration, each of the Iowa-class battleships had a main battery of 16-inch (406 mm) guns that could hit targets nearly 20 statute miles (32 km) away with a variety of artillery shells designed for anti-ship or bombardment work. The secondary battery of 5-inch (127 ...
A cutaway of a turret mounting 16-inch guns. Due to a lack of communication during design in 1938, the Bureau of Ordnance assumed the Iowa class would use the 16-inch (406 mm)/50 Mark 2 guns constructed for the 1920 South Dakota-class battleships and Lexington-class battlecruisers.
Items are listed in order of broadside weight. Country Vessel No. built Main gun: ... 2 USA Iowa-class battleship: 4 9 × 16" 50 cal Mark 7: 24,300 lb (11.0 t) 42,345
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Class 3A girls- ADM wins gold. ADM- 48. MOC- FV- 43, Sioux Center- 43. ADM was ranked fourth in the team race at the start of the final day of competition, but the Tigers did what they do best ...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa.Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.