USS Iowa

Summary

USS Iowa is a battleship^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of battleship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,376 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• USS Iowa's image is recorded as BB61 USS Iowa BB61 broadside USN.jpg^[3].
• USS Iowa's instance of is recorded as battleship^[4].
• USS Iowa's instance of is recorded as museum ship^[5].
• USS Iowa's instance of is recorded as preserved watercraft^[6].
• USS Iowa's coat of arms image is recorded as USS Iowa COA 2.png^[7].
• USS Iowa's operator is recorded as United States Navy^[8].
• Iowa is named after USS Iowa^[9].
• USS Iowa's manufacturer is recorded as Brooklyn Navy Yard^[10].
• USS Iowa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131629888^[11].
• USS Iowa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no90006439^[12].
• USS Iowa's vessel class is recorded as Iowa-class battleship^[13].
• USS Iowa's has use is recorded as museum ship^[14].
• USS Iowa's Commons category is recorded as USS Iowa (BB-61)^[15].
• USS Iowa's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II^[16].
• USS Iowa's participated in conflict is recorded as Korean War^[17].
• USS Iowa's participated in conflict is recorded as Gulf War^[18].
• USS Iowa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.741613888889, 'lon': -118.27753333333}^[19].
• USS Iowa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d1jb^[20].
• USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as USS Iowa turret explosion^[21].
• USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as order^[22].
• USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[23].
• USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[24].
• USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning^[25].
• USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as ship recommissioning^[26].
• USS Iowa's pennant number is recorded as BB-61^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for USS Iowa include Iowa-class battleship^[28], a ship class^[29], founded in 1942^[30].

Why It Matters

USS Iowa ranks in the top 2% of battleship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,376 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Iowa-class battleship^[28], a ship class^[29], founded in 1942^[30].