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USS Iowa

pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
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USS Iowa

Summary

USS Iowa is a pre-dreadnought battleship[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of pre_dreadnought_battleship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • USS Iowa's image is recorded as Iowa (BB4). Port bow, entering drydock, 09-01-1898 - NARA - 535433.tif[3].
  • USS Iowa's instance of is recorded as pre-dreadnought battleship[4].
  • USS Iowa's operator is recorded as United States Navy[5].
  • Iowa is named after USS Iowa[6].
  • USS Iowa's follows is recorded as USS Oregon[7].
  • USS Iowa's followed by is recorded as USS Kearsarge[8].
  • USS Iowa's manufacturer is recorded as William Cramp & Sons[9].
  • USS Iowa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140015029[10].
  • USS Iowa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2003011182[11].
  • USS Iowa's Commons category is recorded as USS Iowa (Battleship No. 4) (ship, 1897)[12].
  • USS Iowa's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • USS Iowa's powered by is recorded as steam engine[14].
  • USS Iowa's armament is recorded as 12 inch/35 Mark II gun[15].
  • USS Iowa's armament is recorded as 8 inch/35 caliber Mark IV gun[16].
  • USS Iowa's armament is recorded as 4"/40 Mark III[17].
  • USS Iowa's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I[18].
  • USS Iowa's participated in conflict is recorded as Spanish–American War[19].
  • USS Iowa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019yfb[20].
  • USS Iowa's service entry is recorded as +1897-06-16T00:00:00Z[21].
  • USS Iowa's service retirement is recorded as +1923-03-27T00:00:00Z[22].
  • USS Iowa's cause of destruction is recorded as bombardment[23].
  • USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as order[24].
  • USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as keel laying[25].
  • USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as ship launching[26].
  • USS Iowa's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[27].

Why It Matters

USS Iowa ranks in the top 4% of pre_dreadnought_battleship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Iowa United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. navweaps.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. navweaps.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. navweaps.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Naval Vessel Register. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Naval Vessel Register. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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