16 February 1942, USS Alabama BB-60 was launched at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, sponsored by Henrietta McCormick Hill, wife of J. Lister Hill, the senior Senator from Alabama.
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6 February 1991, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) sends 11 shells across 19 mi (31 km) of space to destroy an Iraqi artillery battery in southern Kuwait during a mission called in by USMC OV-10 Bronco aircraft.
MuseumShip USS Wisconsin at Nauticus in Norfolk, VA
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8 February 1991, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) was decommissioned for the final time at Naval Station Long Beach, California.
Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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85 years ago today, on 1 February 1940, South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) was laid down at Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Portsmouth, Virginia.
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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29 January 1944, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, christened by Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry S. Truman, then a United States Senator from Missouri.
Battleship Missouri Memoral, Honolulu, HI
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29 January 1999, 55 years after she was launched, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) opens her gangway to the public as a museum ship, operated by the Missouri Memorial Association (MMA)
Battleship Missour Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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25 January 1941, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was laid down at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
USS Wisconsin at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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74 years ago today, on 17 January 1950, Iowa class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground on Chesapeake Bay's Thimble shoal, while attempting to enter an acoustical range to identify the ships propeller signature. It took over two weeks before she was freed from the sand of the shoal.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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33 years ago today, on 17 January 1991, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) launched her first tomahawk missile at Iraqi targets at the start of Operation Desert Storm, followed by 27 additional missiles over the next five days.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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On 12 January 1995, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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