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USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only shipContinue reading “USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.”

USS Indiana (BB-58), a South Dakota-class battleship

USS Indiana (BB-58), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 19th state. Her keel was laid down on 20 November 1939 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 21 November 1941 sponsored by Mrs.Continue reading “USS Indiana (BB-58), a South Dakota-class battleship”

HMNZS Hinau is launched – HMNZS Hinau (T17), was locally built and commissioned at Auckland on 23 July 1942. Known as a composite or LL minesweeper, she was fitted with electrical equipment to deal with magnetic mines. Hinau spent many months of service on the NZ coast, lengthy spells of harbour duty, and training cruises from port to port. The efficiency of her constant training was not put to a practical test for no magnetic mines were ever found or suspected in New Zealand waters. In 1946 she was placed in reserve and sold in 1955 to be used as a breakwater. She remains in this capacity (2007) at Kaiaua in the Firth of Thames, NZ.

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Battleship USS Idaho fitting out at New York Ship Building Corporation, June 23rd 1919.

Note the lack of hull-mounted secondary armament. According to navsource.org, she was the first battleship to be completed without such guns as their ports were plated over before her commissioning; however, the emplacements remained as her hull was otherwise like that of her sister ships from JC’s Navy, Military and Maritime https://ift.tt/2Wt93NV via IFTTT