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USS Iowa

USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of . Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1942 Iowa-class battleship
  • Also known as: “Battleship Iowa”, “Battleship USS Iowa”, “Battleship USS Iowa Museum”, “BB-61”, “Iowa”, and “USS Iowa (BB-61)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vincent Thomas Brücke and Port of Los Angeles High School.

Bridge
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The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long suspension bridge, crossing in Los Angeles, California, linking with . is situated 3,100 feet northeast of USS Iowa.

School
is a public charter tuition-free high school in San Pedro, , United States. It was established in 2005, and fuses a college preparatory program with elective coursework in International Business and Maritime Studies. is situated 1,700 feet west of USS Iowa.

Theater building
Photo: Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic movie palace that opened on January 20, 1931. It is located in , , at 478 West 6th Street. is situated 3,300 feet west of USS Iowa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pedro and Wilmington.

Photo: Jatlas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of Los Angeles County on the harbor, immediately east of the Peninsula.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the and Harbor region of , California, covering 9.14 square miles. Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest in the continental , this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents. is situated 3 miles north of USS Iowa.

Quarter
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is a highly diverse neighborhood in the and Harbor region of , California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. is situated 3½ miles north of USS Iowa.

USS Iowa

Latitude
33.74199° or 33° 44′ 31″ north
Longitude
-118.27731° or 118° 16′ 38″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
8553PPRF+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 345529450
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11809290
Wiki­data ID
Q562161
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“USS Iowa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يو إس إس آيوا (بي بي-61)”
  • Arabic: “يو إس إس آيوا”
  • Balinese: “USS Iowa”
  • Bulgarian: “Айова (линеен кораб, 1942)”
  • Bulgarian: “Айова”
  • Catalan: “Iowa”
  • Catalan: “USS Iowa (BB-61)”
  • Catalan: “USS Iowa”
  • Chinese: “BB-61”
  • Chinese: “愛荷華號戰艦”
  • Chinese: “艾奥瓦号战列舰”
  • Chinese: “艾奧瓦號戰列艦”
  • Chinese: “艾奧瓦號戰艦”
  • Croatian: “Iowa”
  • Croatian: “USS Iowa”
  • Czech: “BB-61”
  • Czech: “USS Iowa”
  • Dutch: “BB-61”
  • Dutch: “Iowa”
  • Dutch: “USS Iowa”
  • Finnish: “Iowa”
  • Finnish: “USS Iowa”
  • French: “Iowa”
  • French: “USS Iowa”
  • German: “BB-61”
  • German: “Iowa”
  • German: “USS Iowa”
  • Gorontalo: “Iowa”
  • Gorontalo: “USS Iowa”
  • Hebrew: “איווה (BB-61)”
  • Hebrew: “איווה”
  • Indonesian: “BB-61”
  • Indonesian: “Iowa”
  • Indonesian: “Kapal perang Iowa”
  • Indonesian: “USS Iowa”
  • Irish: “USS Iowa”
  • Italian: “Iowa”
  • Italian: “USS Iowa”
  • Japanese: “アイオワ”
  • Japanese: “戦艦アイオワ”
  • Javanese: “Iowa”
  • Korean: “USS 아이오와”
  • Malay: “Iowa”
  • Malay: “USS Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “USS «Iowa»”
  • Norwegian: “USS «Iowa»”
  • Persian: “نبردناو یواس اس آیووا”
  • Persian: “یواس اس آیووا”
  • Persian: “یواس اس ایووا”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس آیووا”
  • Polish: “Iowa”
  • Polish: “USS Iowa”
  • Portuguese: “Iowa”
  • Portuguese: “USS Iowa”
  • Russian: “BB61 USS Iowa”
  • Russian: “Iowa”
  • Russian: “USS Iowa”
  • Russian: “Айова”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS Iowa”
  • Slovak: “BB-61”
  • Slovak: “USS Iowa”
  • Spanish: “Ryan”
  • Spanish: “USS Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Iowa”
  • Swedish: “USS Iowa”
  • Thai: “ยูเอสเอส ไอโอวา”
  • Thai: “ไอโอวา”
  • Turkish: “USS Iowa (BB-61)”
  • Turkish: “USS Iowa”
  • Ukrainian: “Iowa”
  • Ukrainian: “USS Iowa”
  • Urdu: “یو ایس ایس آئیووا (بی بی-61)”
  • Urdu: “یو ایس ایس آئیووا”
  • Vietnamese: “Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “USS Iowa”
  • “USS Iowa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “USS Iowa”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.