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====USS ''Iowa'' (BB 61)====
====USS ''Iowa'' (BB 61)====
[[Image:USSIowaBB61.jpg|200px|right|thumb|USS ''Iowa'' firing a broadside salvo of her nine 16"/50 main guns and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984.]]
Lead ship USS ''Iowa'' was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Commissioned in February 1943, she spent her initial service in the Atlantic and carried President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to and from Casablanca, Morocco, in November 1943. Early in January 1944, ''Iowa'' steamed to the Pacific, where she took part in the Marshalls Campaign later in that month and in February. From then until the end of 1944, she was actively involved in raids against Japanese facilities and campaigns to capture the Marianas, the Palaus and Leyte, including participation in the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.
Lead ship USS ''Iowa'' was built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Commissioned in February 1943, she spent her initial service in the Atlantic and carried President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to and from Casablanca, Morocco, in November 1943. Early in January 1944, ''Iowa'' steamed to the Pacific, where she took part in the Marshalls Campaign later in that month and in February. From then until the end of 1944, she was actively involved in raids against Japanese facilities and campaigns to capture the Marianas, the Palaus and Leyte, including participation in the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.