Every Iowa Class Battleship Still Exists. Here's Where

On the morning Japan surrendered, all four Iowa class battleships were at sea. Eight decades later, every one is still afloat. James follows Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin from World War Two to Korea, Vietnam, the 1980s reactivation, the 1989 Turret Two tragedy aboard Iowa, Desert Storm, and the museums you can visit today in Los Angeles, Camden, Pearl Harbor and Norfolk. Sources: NHHC DANFS (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin); NHHC H-Grams H-029-4 and H-053-2; Battleship Missouri Memorial; Battleship New Jersey Museum; Pacific Battleship Center; Port of Los Angeles; USNI Naval History (Oct 2024); AP; LA Times and Washington Post (Oct 18, 1991); GAO/Sandia reports; WTKR. Subscribe to Army Folks for more true stories from the Second World War. Chapters: 0:00 Intro: Four Sisters at Sea on Surrender Day 1:23 Launching the Four Iowa Class Battleships 2:25 Roosevelt's Voyage and the Pacific War 3:54 The Kamikaze That Hit Missouri 6:30 Surrender in Tokyo Bay 8:54 Korea, Vietnam and the 1980s Comeback 10:57 The Turret Two Explosion Aboard Iowa 13:26 Desert Storm: The Last Battleship War 14:26 Decommissioned and Struck from the Register 15:17 Four Museums: Where They Are Today