There were four vessels: the USS Iowa, the USS New Jersey, the USS Missouri, and the USS Wisconsin. The history of the huge warships goes back to their original construction in 1940.

The crew of the newly commissioned Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Iowa (SSN 797) presented the submarine’s ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 during later wars.