Iowa-class battleship

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United States Navy ship class battleship class

The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Iowa-class battleship canonical 9
Iowa class 6
Iowa-class 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship class ⓘ
battleship class ⓘ
armorBeltThickness up to 12.1 inches ⓘ
commissioned 1943 ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
deckArmorThickness up to 6 inches ⓘ
decommissioned 1992 ⓘ
designedAs fast battleship ⓘ
designedFor Pacific Theater operations ⓘ
displacement about 45,000 long tons standard ⓘ
over 57,000 long tons full load ⓘ
event site of Japanese Instrument of Surrender in World War II ⓘ
hasPart USS Illinois (BB-65) ⓘ
USS Iowa ⓘ
surface form: USS Iowa (BB-61)

USS Illinois (BB-65) ⓘ
surface form: USS Kentucky (BB-66)

USS Missouri ⓘ
surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)

USS New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: USS New Jersey (BB-62)

USS Wisconsin ⓘ
surface form: USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
laidDown 1940 ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration three triple turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed 33 knots ⓘ
modernizationIncluded Harpoon anti-ship missiles ⓘ
Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ
surface form: Phalanx CIWS

Tomahawk cruise missile ⓘ
surface form: Tomahawk cruise missiles
modernized 1980s ⓘ
namedAfter U.S. states ⓘ
notableShip USS Missouri ⓘ
surface form: USS Missouri (BB-63)
numberBuilt 4 ⓘ
numberOfMainGuns 9 ⓘ
numberPlanned 6 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
precededBy South Dakota-class battleship ⓘ
primaryArmament 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 gun ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role carrier task force escort ⓘ
fleet flagship ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ
secondaryArmament 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose gun ⓘ
servicePeriod 1943–1992 ⓘ
status all completed ships preserved as museum ships ⓘ
succeededBy Montana-class battleship ⓘ
turretFaceArmorThickness up to 19 inches ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battleship Missouri Memorial → shipClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
BB-63 → class → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Missouri
this entity surface form: Iowa-class
USS Iowa → shipClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa class
USS Iowa → leadShipOfClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa class
USS New Jersey → partOf → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa-class battleship group
USS Wisconsin → class → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) → classAfter → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
USS Alabama → classSucceededBy → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Alabama (BB-60)
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial → formerUseOfVessel → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial → vesselClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
South Dakota class → followedBy → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa class
BB-57 → followedByClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
BB-62 → hasClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa class
BB-61 → shipClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Iowa
this entity surface form: Iowa class
BB-64 → partOfClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
BB-64 → belongsTo → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa-class battleships group of the U.S. Navy
Montana-class battleship → predecessor → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
USS Illinois (BB-65) → shipClass → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa class
USS Illinois (BB-65) → category → Iowa-class battleship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa-class battleships