USSIowa
USSIowamay refer to several vessels:
U.S. military vessels
[edit]Vessels named USSIowa
[edit]- USSIowa(BB-4),abattleshipthat saw action during theSpanish–American War
- USSIowa(BB-53),a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by theWashington Naval Treaty
- USSIowa(BB-61),the lead ship of theIowa-classbattleship that saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War
- USSIowa(SSN-797),a plannedVirginia-classsubmarine
Other vessels
[edit]- Iowa(steamboat),1838, a Mississippi River boat that transported troops during theAmerican Civil War
- USSAmmonoosuc(1864),amonitorthat was never commissioned and was renamedIowabefore being sold
- USSIowan(ID-3002),1914 cargo ship used by the U.S. Navy in World War I for cargo and troop transport.
Non-military vessels namedIowa
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^"UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
- ^"UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
- ^US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34.1881. p. 269.
- ^Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell (1914).History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1.pp. 590–591.
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