USS Iowa (BB-61)
- Object Type
- Photograph
- Object ID
- 5528
- Date
- November 20 1945
- creator
- Naval Historical Foundation
- Description
- USS Iowa (BB-61) Being prepared for launching, at the New York Navy Yard, NY, circa late August 1942. Note: heavy chains used to brake the ship after she had entered the water; and men lounging at lower right, near a Navy Department safety poster, listening to a Marine Corps band. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
- Related Collection
- Naval History and Heritage Command’s Photo Archives
- Naval ID
- 80-G-K-13507
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