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Q. What is the update on the relocation of the museum to the new West Harbor development?
A. The relocation of the IOWA to the new West Harbor development has been under consideration by the Port of Los Angeles for a couple of years. The community is supportive of...
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A. Our roots are with the Battleship IOWA, which is why we have named the museum the National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA. We will never lose this identity...
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CEO Update March 8, 2021 | Battleship USS Iowa Museum Los Angeles
www.pacificbattleship.com
CEO Update March 8, 2021 | Battleship USS Iowa is an award-winning museum and tour located on the Los Angeles Waterfront.Museum ships now - IOWA and MIDWAY - but back in the day... helllo ship handling! 💪👍
I guess we found the exception to the (very sound) maxim that "The mark of a great shiphandler is never getting into situations that require great shiphandling."
This was my view that day!
And another from that day...
My dad served on the Iowa. I've been on Midway and still planning on visiting Iowa.
You can see em both on the same vacation too, only 2 hours apart. They're both amazing ships to visit!
Been aboard the Midway twice. Great museum!
Midway is large enough to not be bothered much by the weird bow wave the Iowa hull-forms make, unlike a destroyer. Surely the people working on the Panama Canal in the decade prior to WW1 did not realize how much they would determine the design of the last class of battleships.
seen both of them several times, this summer I will visit again as I enjoy the history and stories of the brave souls that sailed on them.
Two great ships.
Toured them both, awesome !!!
Who's refueling who???
Too bad they aren’t in the same location
I’ve seen them both. The Iowa 3 times....
USS Midway (CV-41) conducting an underway replenishment with battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), December 1987. Midway and Iowa were in the Persian Gulf as part of Battle Group Alpha. US Navy photo by PH2 Raszler. Defense Imagery Management Operations Center (DIMOC), photo # DN-SC-92-05313.
there are no small mistakes .. with big ships ??
And if you are a Iowa resident you go in free on the Iowa.
I’ve been aboard both ships.
Iowa doing her tertiary duty as a fleet oiler!
Our education team is back with another simple project you can do at home. Check it out and have some fun!
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE SURFACE NAVY AT THE BATTLESHIP IOWA NAMES TERRY BRANSTAD NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE SURFACE NAVY AT THE BATTLESHIP IOWA NAMES TERRY BRANSTAD NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR Former United States Ambassador to China and Governor of Iowa Will Broaden National Awareness and Support for the Nation’s First Museum Dedicated to the Surface...
BATTLESHIP USS IOWA MUSEUM LAUNCHES PLANK OWNER PROGRAM FOR FIRST-EVER SURFACE NAVY MUSEUM
Free Plank Owner Program Gives Public a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Become a Supporter of the Future National Museum of the Surface Navy SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Jan. 4, 2021 – Battleship USS Iowa Museum, the historic U.S. Navy battleship that has become an iconic...
U.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association – Surface Navy Museum article
U.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association https://www.navycruisers.org Published 1st Quarter 2021 Vol. 30 No. 1
Battleship IOWA to Include New Surface Navy Museum
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/battleship-iowa-to-include-new-surface-navy-museum/612/
National Museum of the Surface Navy to deploy on Los Angeles’ Battleship IOWA
http://www.oc-breeze.com/2019/01/15/133449_national-museum-of-the-surface-navy-to-deploy-on-los-angeles-battleship-iowa-in-2023/
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