Full Description
A chronicle of the perilous missions of one of the most illustrious battleships of the US Navy - the "Iowa" class. It traces both the combat and peacetime careers of these vessels and the changes in their appearance, equipment, weaponry and structure, from World War II to the present.
Contents
Battleships for "eccentric operations"; swift ships - big guns; to war; closing in on Japan; asleep and aground at peacetime; to war again; deja vu - Korea and the Doldrums; Vietnam; fit for service; the 1980s reincarnation.
