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Iowa-Class Battleship vs. Yamato-Class: Which Battleship Wins Summed up in 4 Words

The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire ...

USS Illinois: Why The Doomed Iowa-Class Battleship Was Never Deployed

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Congress to Campus program brings former lawmakers to the University of Northern Iowa

The former lawmakers, students and others came together for the “Hoxie Forum: Congress, the President and the Balance of ...

San Pedro honors six athletes at the annual Sportswalk of Fame ceremony

San Pedro’s Sportswalk of Fame honored six recipients on Monday, Oct. 13, on board the Battleship Iowa Museum.

Navy’s 250th: A look back at the day USS Constitution sailed for the first time in over 100 years

In 1997, USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” made history by sailing under her own power for the first time in over a century.
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35-Knot US Monster That Made Enemies Instantly Retreat (Or Be Destroyed)

The Japanese destroyer Maikaze was pulling troops from Truk when Captain Kenma Isohisa spotted a massive silhouette on the ...