The Battleship USS Iowa (TopDrawings)

The Battleship USS Iowa (TopDrawings)

The American battleship USS Iowa is one of the most famous warships of World War Two era. Built in 1943 at New York Naval Yard she was the lead ship of a series of four battleships of the class named after her and deemed some of the worldâ€™s largest and best. During the Second World War USS Iowa went into history as a ship aboard which the president of the USA Franklin Delano Roosevelt traveled to Tehran, where the infamous Tehran Conference, in which two other leaders: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet prime minister Joseph Stalin participated, was held. Later the ship was sent to serve in the Pacific, where she took part in almost all major operations against Japanese forces. After a short overhaul in San Francisco in early 1945 she continued operations against Japan, taking part among others in the shelling of Kyushu, Honshu, and Hokkaido islands, and on 27 August 1945 the shipâ€™s crew accepted the surrender of the Yokosuka naval base. After the end of the war, in early 1946 Iowa was the flagship of the 5th Fleet, operating in Gulf of Tokio waters, and after the return to the US her role was limited to that of a training ship.
Country USA
Brand Casemate
Manufacturer Kagero
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 25
ReleaseDate 2017-04-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9788365437198

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