At the beginning of WWII, the Navy realized it needed faster carrier-escorting battleships such as the Iowa-class, as opposed to the larger and heavier Montana-class, so the USS Kentucky's hull ...

In a further sign that none of the Iowa-class battleships will ever return to ... Each displaces 7,835 tons and has a hull length of 377 feet and a diameter of thirty-four feet.

The last Iowa was BB-61, the lead hull in the four-ship World War II Iowa-class. Present at the event, alongside congressional members and fleet leadership, was John Phelan in his first ...

This would have reduced weight over the previous riveted/welded hull and increased strength. The USS Illinois and Kentucky armament would have been the same as the other Iowa-class battleships.

The third and most famous, the lead ship of the Iowa-class battleships, served during World War II, fighting extensively in the Pacific Theater, and the Korean War, before being decommissioned in ...

The 377-foot vessel can dive to depths of more than 800 feet below the surface and maneuver at speeds of over 25 knots.

Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its tenure in WWII, the Iowa-class battleship was assigned to the Pacific Theatre, where it participated ...

The Virginia-class submarine, six years in the making ... Also attending will be about 65 to 70 Navy veterans who served on the battleship USS Iowa, hull number BB-61, which served from World ...

WATERLOO — Watch parties are being held around the state the first weekend in April – and not just for the Final Four of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. This “big ...

Gayle Anderson reports what KTLA has been following since July 2024, the unique project of replacing the distressed deck of the historic Battleship Iowa, also known as the Battleship of Presidents ...

A commissioning ceremony will be held at a Connecticut shipyard as the first submarine to bear the USS Iowa name becomes an official Navy ship ...