The Iowa-class battleships were primarily deployed in the Pacific Theater during World War II. They served as fast escorts for the Essex-class aircraft carriers, providing anti-aircraft defense ...

When it came to primary armament, the Iowa-class battleships carried three turrets with three 16-inch Mark 7 guns each. Two turrets were located at the fore of the warship and one at the back.

The Iowa-class battleship was 860 feet long at the waterline with a beam of 108 feet and a draft of 37 feet. Iowa’s total displacement was 58,460 tons after being designed with the “elevator ...

When the United States and its allies entered World War II, the Iowa-class battleship quickly proved its worth on the world's oceans. Typically, battleships would accompany Essex-class aircraft ...

The mighty Iowa Class Battleships are known for their heavy armor, yet their bank vault-like conning towers were possibly the most blatant example of how over-engineered these vessels were so that ...

Each refurbished Iowa-class ship had 32 Tomahawk missiles in Armored Box Launchers (ABLs.) In the early 1980s the Navy reactivated all four battleships, this time upgrading them with modern weapons.

the vintage Iowa-class battleships were upgraded with the latest navigation, electronics, and weapons systems, including the Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles. Despite its age, the Iowa-class was ...