1942

 

 

Commissioning Ceremony Feb. 22, 1943 New York Navy Yard

 

 

 

 

Dec. 1944

 

 

All four Iowa class battleships June 7, 1954
(this is the only time all four of the Iowa class ships were together)

 

 

Pascagoula, Mississippi Jan. 30, 1983

 

 

Philadelphia Navy Yard

 

 

 

 

Portsmouth, England

 

 

Norfolk, Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After 1984

 

 

Late 1980's

 

 

Turret #2 explosion April 19, 1989

 

 

Philadelphia Aug. 2, 1962