After decades of action and several stints in mothballs, the USS Iowa has found a new home in San Pedro, Calif., where she will become a museum. The Iowa, one of America's last battleships, has a ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS Iowa. The biggest ship-against-ship battle since the World War ...

The USS Missouri (BB-63), one of the four legendary Iowa-class battleships, is an icon of American naval might. -Many experts ...

San Pedro's battleship very much at home after a decade of activity.

World War II battleship USS Iowa is among 20 naval vessels nominated as the best ship museum in the country. The ship, a BB-61, was sponsored in 1942 by Indianola native Ilo Wallace, the wife of ...

Crew members man the rail at the bow of the USS IOWA (BB 61) during the battleship’s recommissioning ceremony. The ship’s bell and anchor chains can be seen in the center.

For this reason, the USS Iowa became the only ship in the United States Navy to have a bathtub. Standing up in a shower on a moving ship would only cause problems for the then 60-year-old president.

LOS ANGELES — The fearsome guns of the USS Iowa protected FDR from torpedo attacks and helped destroy the Japanese military in World War II. They shelled North Korea in the 1950s and patrolled ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The revitalization of USS Iowa Battleship Barrel #270 is complete, and it’s now ready to be moved to its final resting spot at Fort Story.

Built in 1940, the USS IOWA served our country for over 50 years. The World War II battleship will be permanent museum, opening to the public on July 7, 2012. Photo by Brittany Murray / Staff ...