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USSIowa

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USSIowamay refer to several vessels:

U.S. military vessels

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Vessels named USSIowa

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Other vessels

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Non-military vessels namedIowa

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  • Maid of Iowa,1842 steamboat
  • A stern-wheel rafter/packet namedIowaplied the Mississippi River from 1865–1900.[1]
  • A stern-wheel towboat namedIowaoperated in the Mississippi River from 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge namedIowaalso existed from 1932–1956.[2]
  • An ocean-going steamer namedIowawas in use in the late 19th century.[3]
  • In 1898 an excursion steamboat namedIowawas launched inIndependence, Iowa,after several years as a popular attraction, it was carried over the Independence dam by high water and was demolished.[4]

References

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  1. ^"UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
  2. ^"UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
  3. ^US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34.1881. p. 269.
  4. ^Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell (1914).History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1.pp. 590–591.