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Montana-class battleship
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The Montana class was a planned set of battleships for the United States Navy. Intended as the successor to the Iowa class, the Montanas were to be slower but larger, better armored, and better armed.
USS Missouri of the Iowa class, the predecessors of the planned Montana class
USS Missouri of the Iowa class, the predecessors of the planned Montana class
1940 study plan, BB-65 Scheme 4 (BB 65-4)
1940 study plan, BB-65 Scheme 4 (BB 65-4)
One variant of the fast BB 65-8 design scheme from 1940
One variant of the fast BB 65-8 design scheme from 1940
An artist's impression of the Montana class
An artist's impression of the Montana class
USS Iowa (BB-61)
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USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships,
Montana-class battleship
…June 1940, only increased the pressure to speed construction of new warships. The first two ships ordered to the 33-knot improved South Dakota design—USS Iowa and New Jersey—were ordered under the 1939 fiscal year. The passage of the Two-Ocean Navy Act on 19 July 1940 provided significant increases to the…
USS Iowa unleashes a broadside of nine 16-inch guns on 15 August 1984 during a firepower demonstration after her modernization
USS Iowa unleashes a broadside of nine 16-inch guns on 15 August 1984 during a firepower demonstration after her modernization
When Iowa was selected to ferry President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Cairo and Tehran Conferences, she was outfitted with a bathtub for Roosevelt's
When Iowa was selected to ferry President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Cairo and Tehran Conferences, she was outfitted with a bathtub for Roosevelt's convenience. Roosevelt, who had been paralyzed in 1921, would have been unable to make effective use of a shower facility.
Iowa in the Pacific; Indiana can be seen in the distance.
Iowa in the Pacific; Indiana can be seen in the distance.
The Japanese training cruiser Katori under fire from Iowa, 18 February 1944
The Japanese training cruiser Katori under fire from Iowa, 18 February 1944