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,
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 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.
The Japanese training cruiser Katori under fire from Iowa, 18 February 1944
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 Iowa (BB-61)
…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, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean…
USS Missouri of the Iowa class, the predecessors of the planned Montana class
1940 study plan, BB-65 Scheme 4 (BB 65-4)
One variant of the fast BB 65-8 design scheme from 1940
An artist's impression of the Montana class