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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.
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During this voyage Missouri was joined by the other three battleships of her class, the only time the four ships sailed together. [67] She returned to Norfolk on 3 August and departed on 23 August to be placed in reserve on the West Coast. The ship hosted 16,900 people at Long Beach, but more than 20,100 visited in San Francisco. [68]
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.
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship.Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
English: The U.S. Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) and the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) surrounded by other ships of Battle Group Alpha while underway in formation in the Indian Ocean, 1 December 1987. The following ships are identifiable: the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61); a Belknap-class guided missile cruiser, USS Horne (CG-30)’’
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