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  2. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Category:Iowa-class battleships - Wikipedia

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    Armament of the Iowa-class battleship ~ Template:Iowa class battleship; I. USS Illinois (BB-65) USS Iowa (BB-61) USS Iowa turret explosion; K. USS Kentucky (BB-66) M.

  4. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    They possessed almost completely homogeneous main armament (nine 16-inch guns in each ship, the sole difference being an increase in length from 45 to 50 calibers with the Iowa-class vessels), very high speed relative to other American designs (28 knots, 52 km/h, 32 mph in the North Carolina and South Dakota classes, 33 knots, 61 km/h, 38 mph ...

  5. USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey was one of the Iowa-class "fast battleship" designs planned in 1938 by the Preliminary Design Branch at the Bureau of Construction and Repair. She was launched on 7 December 1942 (the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor) [6] and commissioned on 23 May 1943. She was the second of the Iowa class to be commissioned by the U ...

  6. List of battleships - Wikipedia

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    Iowa class: Fast battleship United States Navy: Museum ship at the Pacific Battleship Center in the Port of Los Angeles: Iron Duke (1912) 1912-10-12: Iron Duke class: Super-dreadnought Royal Navy: Flagship of Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland: Irresistible: 1898-12-15: Formidable class: Pre-dreadnought Royal Navy: Mined at the Dardanelles ...

  7. USS Illinois (BB-65) - Wikipedia

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    The Iowa class of fast battleships was designed in the late 1930s in response to the US Navy's expectations for a future war with the Empire of Japan.American officers preferred comparatively slow but heavily armed and armored battleships, but Navy planners determined that such a fleet would have difficulty in bringing the faster Japanese fleet to battle, particularly the Kongō-class ...

  8. Category : World War II battleships of the United States

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    Colorado-class battleship; Iowa-class battleship; Nevada-class battleship; New Mexico-class battleship; New York-class battleship; North Carolina-class battleship; Pennsylvania-class battleship; South Dakota-class battleship (1939) Tennessee-class battleship; Wyoming-class battleship

  9. Armament of the Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    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 ...