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→Design characteristics
*Powerplant: 212,000 horsepower steam turbines, producing a 33 knot maximum speed
*Powerplant: 212,000 horsepower steam turbines, producing a 33 knot maximum speed
*Armament (Main Battery): Nine 16"/50 guns in three triple turrets
*Armament (Main Battery): Nine 16"/50 guns in three triple turrets
*Armament (Secondary Battery): Twenty 5"/38 guns in ten twin mountings (ten guns on each side of the ship). During their configuration for service in the 1980s, four of these turrets would be replaced by Tomahawk cruise missiles in box canisters. Supplemental defensive batteries consisted of four Phalanx close-in weapons systems.
*Armament (Secondary Battery): Twenty 5"/38 guns in ten twin mountings (ten guns on each side of the ship). During their configuration for service in the 1980s, four of these turrets would be replaced by [[Tomahawk cruise missile]]s in box canisters. Supplemental defensive batteries consisted of four Phalanx close-in weapons systems.
====USS ''Iowa'' (BB 61)====
====USS ''Iowa'' (BB 61)====