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Key Points and Summary – In the 1970s and 80s, the U.S. Navy considered converting Iowa-class battleships into “battlecarriers” equipped with flight decks for...
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Key Points and Summary – In the 1970s and 80s, the U.S. Navy considered converting Iowa-class battleships into “battlecarriers” equipped with flight decks for...
Key Points and Summary – In April 1989, a catastrophic explosion in Turret 2 aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors during a...
The battleship is one of the oldest testaments to US Military might. These floating gun bases provided the kind of firepower that made the...
Two mock torpedo launches went smoothly. But upon the third firing command at 2:36 PM, a 24-foot-long Mark 15 torpedo lept from the Porter...
In my 9 months at 19FortyFive (whoa Nellie, where does the time go?), Yours Truly has penned several articles on battleships, including: (1) the...
What made the Iowa-Class Special: Those big 16-inch guns: During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched two of the largest...
Battleship Iowa CEO Has Received U.S. Navy’s Most Prestigious Civilian Award: Since 2012, the USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the United States...
Battleship Iowa to Become First National Museum of the Surface Navy? USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead vessel of the United States Navy’s final...
USS Iowa: The US Navy’s Best Battleship? A 3 Minute History – In our divided nation today, it can be hard to find common...
The U.S. Navy’s four Iowa-class battleships were among the largest and most powerful vessels built during the Second World War, and each played a...