Urano (Uranus)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Uss Missouri, Uss New Jersey, Iowa Class Battleship, Uss Iowa, Uss Wisconsin. Excerpt: USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside on 15 August 1984 during a firepower demonstration after her recommissioning. item Electronic warfare and decoys: item Armament: item Armor: Belt : 12.1 in (310 mm), Bulkheads : 11.3 in (290 mm), Barbettes : 11.6 to 17.3 in (295 to 439 mm), Turrets : 19.7 in (500 mm), Decks : 7.5 in (190 mm) item Aircraft carried: item Notes: Final battleship class completed by U.S. Navy, only remaining battleship class currently in existence that can be reactivated The Iowa class battleships were a class of six U.S. Navy fast battleships ordered in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces , which operated in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Four were completed in the early- to mid-1940s; two more were laid down, but they were canceled prior ...