USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET

Iowa (BB4). Port bow, entering drydock, 09-01-1898

USS IOWA 1921 – USED AS A RC TARGET
Coast Battleship No. 4 (ex-USS Iowa, Battleship # 4) — As a Target Ship, 1921-1923
In mid-1919 the laid-up USS Coast Battleship No. 4 (which had been named Iowa until April of that year) was selected to become the Navy’s first radio-controlled target ship. Conversion work, done by the Philadelphia Navy…

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