USS Iowa
USS Iowa may refer to several vessels:
U.S. military vessels
- USS Ammonoosuc (1864), a monitor that was never commissioned and was renamed Iowa before being sold
- USS Iowa (BB-4), a battleship that saw action during the Spanish–American War
- USS Iowa (BB-53), a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty
- USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the Template:Sclass-s that saw action during World War II and the Korean War
- USS Iowa (SSN-797), a planned Template:Sclass-
- Iowa (steamboat), 1838, a Mississippi River boat that transported troops during the Civil War
Non-military vessels named Iowa
- SS Iowan
- A stern-wheel rafter/packet named Iowa plied the Mississippi 1865–1900.[1]
- A stern-wheel towboat named Iowa operated in the Mississippi 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named Iowa also existed 1932–1956.[2]
- An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th century.[3]
- In 1898 an excursion steamboat named Iowa was launched in Independence, Iowa, after several years as a popular attraction, it was carried over the Independence dam by high water and was demolished.[4]
References
- ^ "UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
- ^ "UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
- ^ US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34. 1881. p. 269.
- ^ Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell (1914). History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1. pp. 590–591.
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