USS Iowa explained

USS Iowa may refer to several vessels:

U.S. military vessels

Vessels named USS Iowa

• , a battleship that saw action during the Spanish–American War
• , a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty
• , the lead ship of the that saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War
• , a planned

Other vessels

• , 1838, a Mississippi River boat that transported troops during the American Civil War
• , a monitor that was never commissioned and was renamed Iowa before being sold
• USS Iowan (ID-3002), 1914 cargo ship used by the U.S. Navy in World War I for cargo and troop transport.

Non-military vessels named Iowa

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs.
2. Web site: UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs.
3. Book: US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34. 1881. 269.
4. Book: Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell. History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1. 1914. 590–591.