Iowa Class Facts

Length O/A:	887' (~276m)
Beam:	108' (33m)
Draft:	36'
Displacement (design):	45000 tons
No. built:	4 (BB61 Iowa), (BB62 New Jersey), (BB63 Missouri), (BB64 Wisconsin)
Almost built:	BB65 Illinois, BB66 Kentucky (both were cancelled and scrapped)
First ship laid down:	Jun 27 1940
All 4 commisioned by:	Jun 11 1944

All Iowas were decommissioned and recommisioned a number of times before being modernized in the mid 80's. By 1992, all had been decommissioned again. They were all stricken from the US Naval Vessel Register in 1995.

2 of the ships have recently been reinstated in the NVR. For present status, see below.

Armor, Armament & Crew
Armor:	Heavy. For details, see Warships1.com
Main Guns:	16"/50 in 3 triple turrets
SSM:	32 Tomahawks
SSM:	16 Harpoons
Complement:	91 officers, 1760 enlisted (design).

Present status:
BB61 Iowa:	In reserve as a Class B Mobilization Asset at Newport, Rhode Island.
BB62 New Jersey:	On donation hold, will probably become a museum. Present location Bremerton, WA.
BB63 Missouri:	Opened as a museum in Pearl Harbor Jan 1999.
BB64 Wisconsin:	In reserve as a Class B Mobilization Asset at Norfolk, VA.

For more (and updated) info, go to Warships1.com.

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