Iowa class battleship (original) (raw)

Four battleships of the _Iowa_-class battleships (BB-61 through BB-64) were built in the early 1940s in the United States.

The Iowa class were constructed at two Navy Yards:

• Iowa (BB-61), built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York;
• New Jersey (BB-62), built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard;
• Missouri (BB-63), built at the New York Navy Yard; and
• Wisconsin (BB-64), built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard

All four ships were recommissioned in the 1980s, only to be decommissioned after a few short years of service.

Currently, three of the ships are on display at the following locations:

USS NEW JERSEY
On October 14, 2001, USS NEW JERSEY opened as a museum at Campden, NJ.

USS MISSOURI
Located 1,000 yards from USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Missouri was opened as a museum 29 Jan 1999. The museum is operated by the USS Missouri Memorial Association, a non-profit organization.

USS WISCONSIN
Berthed in Norfolk, VA.

General Characteristics (USS Iowa)

• Displacement: 45,000 tons
• Length: 887'3"
• Beam: 108'2"
• Draft: 37'9"
• Speed: 33 knots
• Complement: 2,800
• Armament: Nine 16" guns; twenty 5" guns