Preface | |
Introduction - Historical Perspective of IowaClass Battleships | |
The Worldrsquo;s Battleships - 20th Century Icons of the Sea | |
Inspiration, Design and Building of the American IowaClass Battleship | |
The USS Iowain Combat - World War II - Almost sunk by the USS William D Porter DD-579(ldquo;Donrsquo;t Shoot, Wersquo;re Republicansrdquo;) | |
Recalled for the Korean Conflict (1952) | |
The IowaClass Changes - (1956 - Onward) | |
The Soviet Sea Menace - the Kirovclass Battlecruiser | |
Countering the Kirov- the Controversial Modernized IowaClass of the 1980rsquo;s | |
Tragedy Strikes the Iowain 1989 - Flareback in Turret # Two and Forty Seven of the Crew is Killed | |
The End of the Line for the USS Iowa | |
The Battle for the Ship as a Museum (Final Decommissioning of the Great Ship & the tow from Rhode Island to California) | |
The Future of the Worldrsquo;s Last Active Battleship | |
Bibliography | |
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