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Iowa Class Battleships Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched
|
Fate |
New York Navy Yard |
Aug. 27, 1942 |
Museum ship at Los Angeles, CA. |
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Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Dec. 7, 1942 |
Museum ship Camden, NJ |
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New York Navy Yard |
Jan. 29, 1944 |
Museum ship Pearl Harbor, HI. |
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Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Dec. 7, 1943 |
Museum ship Norfolk, VA. |
|
Philadelphia Navy Yard |
N/A |
Cancelled Aug. 12, 1945 and scrapped |
|
Norfolk Navy Yard |
Jan. 20, 1950 |
Cancelled Feb. 17, 1947 hull launched only to clear slipway. Scrapped 1958. |
New Jersey BB-62 and Wisconsin BB-64 were both launched on Pearl Harbor Day. Missouri BB-63 was the last new US battleship commissioned and the last battleship in service with the US Navy when decommissioned for the final time. |