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How Big Were Iowa-Class Battleships And How Many Troops Could They Carry?
Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...
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Iowa-Class Battleship Comeback: Would the Navy Do It?
While the idea of reactivating the US Navy’s iconic Iowa-class battleships is popular among enthusiasts, it is a logistical ...
Photos: 3 decades later, a look back at the devastating Iowa floods of 1993
More than 30 years ago, floods swept across Iowa from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River, destroying homes, ...
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‘I believe he’d still be here’ - Family of missing Iowa man calling for safety changes near Huff-Warner Access Area near Blencoe
The family of a Monona County man who's still missing after his boat hit a barge in the Missouri River is demanding new ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...
Missing bow of World War II cruiser found after 83 years
On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...
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Severed bow of US warship blown off by Japanese torpedo finally found in South Pacific
The bow section of the U.S. warship USS New Orleans, which was blown off by a Japanese torpedo in 1942, has been located near ...