USS Iowa (BB-61)

The USS Iowa fires its 16-inch guns on August 15, 1984 during a firepower demonstration after its modernization

The USS Iowa (BB-61) was a battleship used by America in World War II and the Korean War. It was retired in October 1990 because it was a huge target that was too expensive to lose.

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USS Iowa (BB-61) Media

Emblem of the USS Iowa BB-61
When Iowa was selected to ferry President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Cairo and Tehran Conferences, she was outfitted with a bathtub for Roosevelt's convenience. Roosevelt, who had been paralyzed in 1921, would have been unable to make effective use of a shower facility.
Iowa in the Pacific; Indiana can be seen in the distance
USS ABSD-2 repairing USS Iowa in early 1945 at Manus, Admiralty Islands
Iowa in drydock in San Francisco, undergoing repairs and modernization after being damaged during Typhoon Cobra
Missouri (left) transfers personnel to Iowa in advance of the surrender ceremony planned for 2 September.
USS Iowa fires a 16 in (406mm) shell towards a North Korean target in 1952
USS Iowa laid up alongside USS Wisconsin and USS Shangri-La in Philadelphia, 8 July 1978
USS Iowa in drydock undergoing modernization
Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16-inch (406 mm)/50-caliber and six 5-inch (127 mm)/38 cal guns