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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.
This is a list of newspapers in Iowa. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ... The Iowa Jewish News; Manchester Democrat (1875–1930) [10]
Walter Winchell – newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator; Bill Withers – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician; Bob Woodward – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, uncovered the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein; Chuck Woolery – Daytime Emmy Award-nominated game show host (Wheel of Fortune ...
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from April 20, 1989: Explosion aboard USS Iowa kills 47 sailors Historic front page from the Des Moines Register ...
Former Republican Iowa Senate leader Jeff Lamberti has been involved in conservation efforts for the USS Iowa battleship since 2007. ... People can help in any way, small ways and with donations ...
"The Mighty I" – USS Iowa. Iowa was nicknamed Mighty I during her first two commissionings in WWII and the Korean War. Her nickname was changed during the Cold War c1980s, her final commissioning, to The Big Stick. "Mighty O" – USS Oriskany "Mighty T" – USS Texas (BB-35) "Mighty Y" – USCGC Yakutat "Mighty Mo" – USS Missouri
Maid of Iowa, 1842 steamboat; A stern-wheel rafter/packet named Iowa plied the Mississippi River from 1865–1900. [1] A stern-wheel towboat named Iowa operated in the Mississippi River from 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named Iowa also existed from 1932–1956. [2] An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th century. [3]
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 .