USS Iowa

Iowa


Name: USS Iowa (BB-61)
Type: class battleship
Length, m: 270.43
Beam, m: 32.97
Draft, m: 11.33
Displacement, tons: 45,000 tons (empty), 57,000 (loaded) 
Speed, knots: 33 kn
Complement: 151 officers, 2367 enlisted


Armament (1943):
9  16 in (406 mm)/50 cal Mark 7 guns
20  5 in (127.0 mm)/38 cal Mark 12 guns
80  40 mm/56 cal anti-aircraft guns
49  20 mm/70 cal anti-aircraft cannons

USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. 
Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.