USS Iowa

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Iowa-class battleship United States Navy ship battleship

USS Iowa was the lead ship of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, renowned for its World War II service and later Cold War deployments.

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Label	Occurrences
USS Iowa canonical	7
USS Iowa (BB-61)	7

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ United States Navy ship ⓘ battleship ⓘ
armament	UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles ⓘ surface form: Harpoon anti-ship missiles (Cold War refit) Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ surface form: Phalanx CIWS (Cold War refit) Tomahawk cruise missile ⓘ surface form: Tomahawk cruise missiles (Cold War refit) nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ twenty 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns ⓘ various 40 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awards	Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation (Republic of Korea) multiple battle stars for Korean War ⓘ multiple battle stars for World War II ⓘ
beam	108 feet 2 inches ⓘ
builder	New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
category	Cold War battleship of the United States ⓘ World War II battleship of the United States ⓘ
commissioned	1943-02-22 ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement	around 1,500 after 1980s modernization ⓘ around 1,900 in World War II ⓘ
decommissioned	1949-03-24 ⓘ 1958-02-24 ⓘ
displacement	about 45,000 long tons standard ⓘ over 57,000 long tons full load ⓘ
draft	37 feet 2 inches ⓘ
finalDecommissioning	1990-10-26 ⓘ
hullMaterial	steel ⓘ
laidDown	1940-06-27 ⓘ
launched	1942-08-27 ⓘ
leadShipOfClass	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ surface form: Iowa class
length	887 feet ⓘ
managedBy	Battleship USS Iowa Museum ⓘ surface form: Pacific Battleship Center
maximumSpeed	about 33 knots ⓘ
modernization	received major weapons and electronics upgrade in the 1980s ⓘ
museumBerth	Port of Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro
museumLocation	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
museumOpening	opened to the public in 2012 ⓘ
namedAfter	Iowa ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of Iowa
notableEvent	transported President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference in 1943 ⓘ
notableRole	flagship for Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. in World War II ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
pennantNumber	BB-61 ⓘ
propulsion	four propeller shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
recommissioned	1951-08-25 ⓘ 1984-04-28 ⓘ
shipClass	Iowa-class battleship ⓘ surface form: Iowa class
status	museum ship ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II