Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

The Battleship USS Iowa Museum in San Pedro is about to get one expensive makeover. The battleship, which first arrived in the Port of Los Angeles in 2012, will get a $19 million expansion and ...

More than 3,000 people walked up the Iowa’s gangplank on its inaugural day as a museum, and nearly everyone seemed to want a photo with its 16-inch guns.

The namesake of the state of Iowa has come in second in a contest to choose the nation’s best museum ship. Twenty museum ships were nominated by the Historic Naval Ships Association in a contest ...

Freshly scrubbed and decked out in patriotic bunting, the battleship Iowa opens to the public on Saturday. After years of planning and work, that's when the World War II icon begins its new life ...

It’s a nickname aptly earned. She’s the battleship USS Iowa, still bristling with firepower after being decommissioned and harbored as a floating museum in the Port of Los Angeles’ Berth 87 ...

While the idea of reactivating the US Navy’s iconic Iowa-class battleships is popular among enthusiasts, it is a logistical ...

In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy brought its four iconic Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—out of ...

Battleship IOWA's Vision 2035 initiative aims to create the nation's museum of the future, blending education, innovation, and maritime heritage. Core goals include building a people-focused ...

Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these ...

The Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum was chosen as the screening site for a new PBS documentary chronicling the history of the legendary battleship, the U.S.S. Iowa before its official ...