Stefan Draminski: The Battleship USS Iowa (Anatomy of The Ship) [2020] hardback VISCU and recite poetry

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Stefan Draminski: The Battleship USS Iowa (Anatomy of The Ship) [2020] hardback VISCU and recite poetryUSS Iowa (BB 61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including at the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. The ship ended the war spending