While the idea of reactivating the US Navy’s iconic Iowa-class battleships is popular among enthusiasts, it is a logistical ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these ...

Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleships, the last of their kind, symbolize the end of the battleship era. Commissioned during World War II, these steel giants boasted impressive ...

The Iowa-class battleships were designed in the late 1930s, and a lot has happened in the last eighty years. First, the ships must be highly automated.

The fast Iowa-class battleships, ordered by the Navy in 1939 and 1940, could travel at a speed of 33 knots. The Iowa, first commissioned in 1943 and again in 1951 and 1984, saw duty in World War ...

After the war, land attack became paramount, and the Iowa class battleships acted primarily as land attack platforms, hitting the enemy not only with guns, but also with long-range missiles.

USS Iowa launching Tomahawk cruise missile. Each refurbished Iowa-class ship had 32 Tomahawk missiles in Armored Box Launchers (ABLs.) ...

The four Iowa -class battleships have been reactivated three times since the end of World War II. It’s possible to bring the ships back to fighting condition, but it would take a real emergency.

The 16-inch guns of the four Iowa-class vessels remained highly effective as sea-based artillery for targets on distant shores. With a range of just over of 20 miles, those battleships could throw ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. The 7,800-ton nuclear attack boat is at least ...