Pacific Battleship Center

US34707

English

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Rancho Palos Verdes
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Los Angeles

USS IOWA has a long and fascinating history.She was built as the lead vessel of the newest class of battleships, designed during the 1930s as the world was rapidly moving toward war.Commissioned in 1943, IOWA was used in both the Atlantic and the Pacific theaters during World War II.

One of the most significant events she took part in during the war was ferrying President Franklin D.Roosevelt and key military advisors to a top-secret meeting in North Africa with the leaders of the United States’ allies, Great Britain and Soviet Russia.At the end of the trip, the president gave a parting speech to the crew to inspire naval personnel who would go on to serve in important engagements in the Pacific.The rise of aircraft meant the dwindling of the importance of battleships.As a result, no new battleships were built after World War II ended and the IOWA class proved to be the last.

After many years of service, IOWA was decommissioned for the final time in 1990.In 2012, she became a US Navy museum ship, the only naval museum on the West Coast to feature a capital ship that saw action in World War II.

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