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2. USS Iowa (BB-61) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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   Initially, the Iowa class was to consist of only four battleships with hull numbers BB-61 to BB-64: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin. However, changing priorities during World War II resulted in the battleship hull numbers BB-65 Montana and BB-66 Ohio being reordered as Illinois and Kentucky , respectively; Montana and Ohio were ...

4. File:USS Iowa BB61 Iowa Explosion 1989.jpg - Wikipedia

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   Description: The #2 turret of the USS Iowa (BB-61) exploded on April 19, 1989, killing 47 members of the turret crew. The left gun of Turret One in the background is fully elevated as its crew tries to clear a misfire that occurred earlier by trying to coax the powder bags to slide backwards against the primer.

5. File:BB61 USS Iowa BB61 broadside USN.jpg - Wikipedia

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6. File:Uss iowa bb-61 pr.jpg - Wikipedia

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7. File:USS Iowa (BB-61), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and USS Shangri ...

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   English: The battleships USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in mothball storage at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvanina (USA), on 8 July 1978. Visible on the left is the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CVS-38).

8. File:USS Iowa (BB-61) ramming powder bags.jpg - Wikipedia

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   English: DN-SC-91-03644 - The gun captain of the center Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun in the No. 2 turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) gives the signal to ram the powder bags on the spanning tray into the gun's chamber. The crew is loading what will be the 1,000th round fired by the IOWAs 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning.

9. File:USS Iowa (BB-61) projectile hoisted to spanning tray.jpg

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   A 1,900-pound high capacity (HC) projectile is hoisted up to the spanning tray of the center Mark 7 15-inch/50-caliber gun in the No. 2 turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). This particular projectile will be the 1,000th round fired by the IOWAs 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning.