Editing Iowa-class battleship (section)

=== ''Iowa'' ===
{{main|USS Iowa (BB-61)}}
[[File:USS Iowa (BB-61) firing her 406 mm guns at North Korean coastal defenses in 1952.jpg|thumb|''Iowa'' fires her 16-inch armament at coastal positions during her 1952 Korean deployment|alt=A large ship resting on the ocean, with smoke visible from the back of the vessel.]]

''Iowa'' was ordered 1 July 1939, laid down 27 June 1940, launched 27 August 1942, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] 22 February 1943. She conducted a [[shakedown cruise]] in [[Chesapeake Bay]] before sailing to [[Naval Station Argentia]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]], to be ready in case the {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz}} entered the Atlantic.{{sfn|Garzke|Dulin|1995|p=115}} Transferred to the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] in 1944, ''Iowa'' made her combat debut in February and participated in the [[Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign|campaign for the Marshall Islands]].{{sfn|Garzke|Dulin|1995|p=120}} The ship later escorted US aircraft carriers conducting air raids in the [[Mariana and Palau Islands campaign|Marianas campaign]], and then was present at the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]].{{sfn|Garzke|Dulin|1995|p=120}} During the Korean War, ''Iowa'' bombarded enemy targets at [[Kimchaek|Songjin]], [[Hŭngnam]] and Kojo, North Korea. ''Iowa'' returned to the US for operational and training exercises before being [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 24 February 1958.{{sfn|Muir|1989|p=149}} Reactivated in the early 1980s, ''Iowa'' operated in the Atlantic Fleet, cruising in North American and European waters for most of the decade and participating in joint military exercises with European ships.{{sfn|Garzke|Dulin|1995|pp=218–222}} On 19 April 1989, 47 sailors were killed following an [[USS Iowa turret explosion|explosion in her No. 2 turret]].{{sfn|Thompson|1999|p=261}} In 1990, ''Iowa'' was decommissioned for the last time and placed in the mothball fleet. She was stricken from the ''Naval Vessel Register'' on 17 March 2006. ''Iowa'' was anchored as part of the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]] in [[Suisun Bay]], California until October 2011, when she was towed from her mooring to Richmond, California for renovation as a [[USS Iowa Museum|museum ship]]. She was towed from Richmond in the San Francisco Bay on 26 May 2012, to San Pedro at the Los Angeles Waterfront to serve as a museum ship run by Pacific Battleship Center and opened to the public on 7 July 2012.