Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Four battleships of the Iowa-class battleships (BB-61 through BB-64) were built in the early 1940s in the United States. The Iowa class were constructed at two Navy Yards: Iowa (BB-61), built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York; New Jersey (BB-62), built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Missouri (BB-63), built at the New York Navy Yard; and Wisconsin (BB-64), built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard All four ships were recommissioned in the 1980s, only to be decommissioned after a few short years of service. Currently, three of the ships are on display at the following locations: USS NEW JERSEY On October 14, 2001, USS NEW JERSEY opened as a museum at Campden, NJ. USS MISSOURI Located 1,000 yards from USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Missouri was opened as a museum 29 Jan 1999. The museum is operated by the USS Missouri Memorial Association, a non-profit organization. USS WISCONSIN Berthed in Norfolk, VA. General Characteristics (USS Iowa) Displacement: 45,000 tons Length: 887'3" Beam: 108'2" Draft: 37'9" Speed: 33 knots Complement: 2,800 Armament: Nine 16" guns; twenty 5" guns This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.