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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.
The battleship USS New Jersey fires at positions near Beirut on 9 January 1984 during the Lebanese Civil War.. The United States battleship retirement debate was a debate among the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Congress, and independent groups over the effectiveness of naval gunfire support (NGFS) provided by Iowa-class battleships, and whether an alternative should be implemented.
Work on what would eventually become the Iowa-class battleship began on the first studies in early 1938, at the direction of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, head of the General Board, following the planned invocation of the "escalator clause" that would permit maximum standard capital ship displacement of 45,000 long tons (45,700 t). Using the ...
US Navy Ships named after US States State Currently Commissioned Formerly Commissioned Remarks Alabama SSBN-731: BB-60, SP-1052, BB-8 Alaska SSBN-732: CB-1 and ID-3035 were named for the Territory of Alaska, not the state
Ordered in 1938 under the Second Vinson Act, Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship. [2] She was launched on 27 August 1942 and commissioned on 22 February 1943. [2] Iowa's main battery consisted of nine 16-inch (406.4 mm)/50 caliber guns. [3] Iowa undergoing modernization in 1983
Iowa won't participate in a federal program to provide children with $40 a month in food assistance during the summer. Child obesity listed as issue.
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 ...
Iowa spent $129.9 million on the program during the last school year, when 16,757 students received education savings accounts. That's about $23 million more than the state had initially projected.