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”, “BB61 USS Iowa”, “Kapal perang Iowa”, “Ryan”, “USS Iowa (BB-61)”, “نبردناو یواس اس آیووا”, “یواس اس آیووا”, “یواس اس ایووا”, “ไอโอวา”, “戦艦アイオワ”, and “艾奧瓦號戰列艦”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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… is situated 3,100 feet northeast of USS Iowa.

School
is a public charter… is situated 1,700 feet west of USS Iowa.

Theater building
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The is a historic movie palace that opened on January 20, 1931. is situated 3,300 feet west of USS Iowa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pedro and Wilmington.

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is a district of Los Angeles County on the…

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the and… is situated 3 miles north of USS Iowa.

Quarter
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is a highly diverse neighborhood in the… 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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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: “USS Iowa (BB-61)”
  • Catalan: “USS Iowa”
  • Chinese: “愛荷華號戰艦”
  • Chinese: “艾奥瓦号战列舰”
  • Chinese: “艾奧瓦號戰艦”
  • Croatian: “USS Iowa”
  • Czech: “USS Iowa”
  • Dutch: “USS Iowa”
  • Finnish: “USS Iowa”
  • French: “USS Iowa”
  • German: “Iowa”
  • German: “USS Iowa”
  • Gorontalo: “USS Iowa”
  • Hebrew: “אא"ה איווה”
  • Hebrew: “איווה (BB-61)”
  • Indonesian: “USS Iowa”
  • Irish: “USS Iowa”
  • Italian: “USS Iowa”
  • Japanese: “アイオワ”
  • Korean: “USS 아이오와”
  • Malay: “USS Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “USS «Iowa»”
  • Norwegian: “USS «Iowa»”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس آیووا”
  • Polish: “USS Iowa”
  • Portuguese: “USS Iowa”
  • Russian: “USS Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS Iowa”
  • Slovak: “USS Iowa”
  • Spanish: “USS Iowa”
  • Swedish: “USS Iowa”
  • Thai: “ยูเอสเอส ไอโอวา”
  • Turkish: “USS Iowa (BB-61)”
  • Turkish: “USS Iowa”
  • Ukrainian: “USS Iowa”
  • Urdu: “یو ایس ایس آئیووا (بی بی-61)”
  • Urdu: “یو ایس ایس آئیووا”
  • Vietnamese: “USS Iowa”
  • “USS Iowa”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Historic Little Italy and La Rambla.

Nearby Places

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