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The Iowa-class battleships trace their origins back to 1939 and 1940, i.e. before the bombing of Pearl Harbor crippled the U.S. Navy’s older pre-existing battleship fleet.
She was a state-of-the-art passenger steamer, but in the Spanish-American War, she was handed a new role: blockade runner.
When the Second World War began, the Japanese plan was to exercise patience to defeat a stronger foe.
US battleships fired their guns for the last time 30 years ago. Here's how they dominated the seas for nearly a century. insider@insider.com (Benjamin Brimelow) © US Navy USS Iowa fires a full broadside of its nine 16-inch and six 5-inch guns during an exercise near Puerto Rico, July 1, 1984. US Navy With massive guns and stout armor, battleships were the centerpiece of any major navy for decades before World War II. The US Navy sent its battleships into combat from the 1890s until the Gulf War. Here's how they were used during that century of warfare. For nearly a century,...