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USS IOWA 43. USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of its class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and wasContinue reading “USS IOWA, 1943”

USS IOWA 43. USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of its class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and wasContinue reading “USS IOWA, 1943”

HMS PHILOMEL 1890-1947 New Zealand’s first warship, HMS Philomel formed the core of the country’s naval forces during the First World War. The aged and largely obsolete vessel was commissioned in New Zealand in July 1914 and went on to serve in the Pacific, Mediterranean and Middle East. In the interwar period Philomel cemented itsContinue reading “HMS PHILOMEL 1890-1947 New Zealand’s first warship, HMS Philomel…”

HMAS Whyalla – 2005 HMAS Whyalla (J153/B252), named for the city of Whyalla, South Australia was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] The ship was sold to the Victorian PublicContinue reading “HMAS Whyalla – 2005 HMAS Whyalla (J153/B252), named for the…”

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