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Warship Guide - USS Iowa BB 61
USS Iowa is a warship with several nicknames, including “The Battleship of Presidents”, "The Mighty I" and "The Big Stick". She was the lead ship of her class and was the pinnacle of US battleship design under the limitations of the inter war treaty system. Iowa was sleek, fast, and packed a powerful punch with her main battery, which fired a total of 11,834 16 inch rounds over the course of her career. Iowa earned a total of 11 battle stars during her time in the Pacific and off the Korean peninsula, and today she resides at the Pacific Battleship Center in the Port of Los Angeles and is a very well maintained museum ship open to the public.
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