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

While the idea of reactivating the US Navy’s iconic Iowa-class battleships is popular among enthusiasts, it is a logistical ...

The US Navy’s four Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were reactivated from reserve to play a crucial role in the Korean War, primarily providing devastating naval ...

Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these decommissioned behemoths be reactivated?

Iowa-Class Battleships: Giants of the Sea That Shaped Histor. One of the most iconic vessels in the history of naval warfare is the battleship. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th ...

The Iowa-class battleships trace their origins back to 1939 and 1940, i.e. before the bombing of Pearl Harbor crippled the U.S. Navy’s older pre-existing battleship fleet.

You have to grow up fast when you’re on a class act like the Iowa.” The Iowa is 886 feet long--nearly three football fields. The height from the ship’s keel to the tip of its mast is 14 stories.

The Iowa Class Battleships were the widest ships to ever traverse the canals, with a beam of 108 feet against the canal's width of just 110 feet, leaving only inches to spare on either side.

Two refit Iowa Class battleships, the nuclear guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach, a Spruance Class destroyer and what looks like a pair of Knox Class frigates all churn through the ocean as a ...

Visitors board the U.S.S. Iowa at the Port of Richmond, California, on May 12, 2012. The biggest battleship ever built is being prepared for its final journey on May 20, when it will be towed to a ...

There were four Iowa class battleships, and the battleships were the last to be made and deployed. The ships saw action in World War II and were retired after the first Gulf War in 1991, according ...

The battleship Iowa, once one of the most powerful warships, is docked on a quiet channel at the Port of Richmond, where it is being prepared for its last voyage. Sometime this winter, once its ...