Water and metal are natural enemies ... It took more like two years to rejuvenate a battleship in the 1980s, back when the Iowa class was “only” about forty years old, back when a sizable ...

The Battleship Iowa ... As the ships aged in dock, more weather and water damage occurred, and, in the Iowa’s case, much of the deteriorating Douglas fir had to be patched over the steel ...

The USS Kentucky (BB-66), a battleship that was never completed, represents a pivotal moment in US naval history. -Initially ...

where water has been leaking through the old patchwork of materials, which includes plywood. Jonathan Williams, president and CEO of the Battleship Iowa Museum, has been joined by San Pedro ...

the Iowa will be towed out the Golden Gate to Los Angeles to begin a new life as a combination museum and educational exhibit. "The Iowa is the last battleship in the world to be saved for ...

Celebrants aboard the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro gathered on Monday ... the Los Angeles Fife & Drums, a brass band, water displays by Los Angeles Fire Department port fireboats, and a ...