The bow section of the USS Iowa. (Iowa commissioning committee photo.) ... The battleship USS Iowa was launched during World War Two in 1942 and is now a floating museum in Los Angeles Harbor.

The USS Iowa was finally decommissioned on October 26th, 1990, and opened as a floating museum on July 4th, 2012. It is an extraordinary place to wander and ponder about such a ship but more about ...

Updated 11:30 pm, 04-24-12 Today was a very important day in the restoration of the battleship, the returning of the … ...

So the first water that ever touches USS Iowa will be water from the state of Iowa.” The christening is scheduled for 9 a.m. central time on June 17th and multiple watch parties are planned in Iowa.

The USS Iowa was finally decommissioned on October 26th, 1990, and opened as a floating museum on July 4th, 2012. It is an extraordinary place to wander and ponder about such a ship but more about ...

SAN PEDRO – To the tune of “Anchors Aweigh,” dozens of veterans representing 50 years of service were called forward Wednesday to line the rail of their old ship, the USS Iowa. It was an ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- A special service on the USS Iowa marked the 30th anniversary of the tragic accident that killed 47 sailors on April 19, 1989. The Number Two gun turret explosion was ...

USS Iowa played a central role in every major U.S. conflict from World War II through the Gulf War in 1991. It is renowned for its speed, firepower, and advanced design, The Iowa Class ships were ...

Steven Louie reports in the Daily nightly blog that the USS Iowa will become a museum in San Pedro, Calif.: "It brightened my life," said Alfred Hodder, who served on the Iowa in the ‘50s. "And ...