Category Archives: US Battleships

USS Iowa Pearl Harbour – 1952

USS Missouri (BB-63), Ship’s crew and midshipmen celebrate the fourth anniversary of V-J Day, during the Midshipmen’s cruise, 2 September 1949

Battleship Iowa shortly after launching, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, late Aug 1942USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

USS Maryland (BB-46) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 5 August 1945 

USS Texas BB-35 veteran of both world wars