Battleship USS Iowa

USS Iowa (BB-61) was a famous battleship commissioned into the US Navy in 1944 and served across several Pacific War campaigns, including the Marshall Islands, Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf. It was decommissioned in 1958 and reactivated in the 1980s before being decommissioned again in 1990 and is now a museum ship in Los Angeles. This book features contemporary photographs, scaled plans, and 3D illustrations to bring the ship to life.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 23 January 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

USS Iowa (BB-61) was a legendary battleship that served in the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Commissioned in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign and sank her first enemy ship, the Katori. She went on to serve in several pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. After the war, the Iowa was decommissioned in 1958 but was briefly reactivated in the 1980s as part of President Reagan's 600-Ship Navy Plan. She was finally decommissioned in 1990 and is now a museum ship in Los Angeles. This new addition to the Anatomy of the Ship series is packed with contemporary photographs, scaled plans of the ship, and hundreds of superb 3D illustrations that bring every detail of this historic battleship to life.

Weight: 1882g
Dimension: 261 x 249 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472827296