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Le cuirassé USS New Jersey (BB-62) tire une salve de ses 9 canons de 406 mm sur Kaesong – Guerre de Corée – Corée – 1er janvier 1953

Le cuirassé USS Iowa (BB-61) bombarde les côtes nord-coréennes – Guerre de Corée – 1952

Le cuirassé USS Iowa (BB-61) a été armé le 22 février 1943 et retiré le 26 octobre 1990.

Le cuirassé USS Iowa (BB-61) et la frégate lance-missiles USS Halyburton (FFG-40) bord à bord pour une opération de ravitaillement en route. Exercice de l'OTAN « Océan Safari » – 6 septembre 1985

Le cuirassé USS Iowa (BB-61) a été armé le 22 février 1943 et retiré le 26 octobre 1990.

Cuirassé USS Iowa (BB-61) tirant une bordée de ses canons de 406 mm au cours d'une démonstration de puissance de feu après sa modernisation – 15 août 1984

USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. Her quarterdeck was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II. She has been called the most historic battleship in the world.

After World War II, Missouri served in various diplomatic, show of force and training missions. On 17 January 1950 the ship ran aground during high tide in Chesapeake Bay and after great effort was re-floated several weeks later. She later fought in the Korean War during two tours between 1950 and 1953. Missouri was the first American battleship to arrive in Korean waters and served as the flagship for several admirals. The battleship took part in numerous shore bombardment operations and also served in a screening role for aircraft carriers. Missouri was decommissioned in 1955 and transferred to the reserve fleet, (also known as the "Mothball Fleet").

Missouri was reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan. Cruise missile and anti-ship missile launchers were added along with updated electronics. The ship served in the Persian Gulf escorting oil tankers during threats from Iran, often while keeping her fire-control systems trained on land-based Iranian missile launchers. She served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 including providing fire support.

Missouri was again decommissioned in 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Her bow faces the USS Arizona Memorial intending to convey that Missouri watches over the remains of Arizona so that those interred within Arizona's hull may rest in peace.

Missouri at sea in her 1980s configuration

Iowa-class Battlecarriers, a proposed second phase of the WWII-era battleships' recommissioning in the early Eighties.