Today is Veterans Day in the US, and we wanted to recognize the Ars readers and staff who've served by resurfacing former Navy man Sean Gallagher's trip to his old home, the USS Iowa. His piece ...

The USS Iowa will celebrate the Fourth of July with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ... "When I first got my orders in 1986, I had no idea what a BB was 'til I asked my 'A' school teacher, all he ...

Summary: The USS Iowa (BB-61), a historic centerpiece of the Pacific ... a drone as an aerial spotter for a battleship’s guns. On July 4, 1986, President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy ...

Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were the US Navy’s largest and last battleships, designed in the late 1930s with ...

On Saturday, the USS Iowa battleship opens its decks to visitors ... Across his shoulder is a tattoo of the battleship and "BB-61," the ship's technical name. He leans back on the barrel of ...

The most recent was the former USS IOWA (BB-61). That was a battleship that served for three different times in the 40’s, 50’s and 80’s and is now a museum in Los Angeles.

Also attending will be about 65 to 70 Navy veterans who served on the battleship USS Iowa, hull number BB-61, which served from World War II through the 1980s and is now a museum ship at the Port ...

Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). (Photo: US Navy) This article by Jeff Schogol originally appeared ...

I know it's somewhat of a random question, but do you have any idea what the total explosive yield would be of all the ordnance on a fully loaded Iowa? I'm curious! (ignoring any potential nukes ...

The class consists of four completed ships: USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), and USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Two additional ships, USS Illinois (BB-65) and USS Kentucky ...