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 | 584k | The onetime pride of the American Navy and the former flagship of the late Admiral "Fighting Bob" Evans, the Iowa (BB-04), thirty years old, obsolete and soon to be used as a moving target for our modern dreadnoughts. The movements of the old battleship during these experiments will be directed by the powerful wireless apparatus invented by John Hays. | Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 18 April 1920, Image 61, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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107k | Underway following conversion to a radio-controlled target ship, circa June 1921. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 83685, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Captain John Lansing Callan, USN. | |
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109k | Photographed from a U.S. Army Air Service plane on 25 June 1921, following conversion to a radio-controlled target ship. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph USNHC # 93549. | |
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204k | Steaming off the Virginia Capes, under radio control from Ohio (BB-12) five miles away, as bombing planes made attacks on her to determine their effectiveness, 29 June 1921. | Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum / USNI / USNHC # 69691 | |
 | 651k | IOWA (BB-04) BACK TO NAVY YARD. After a few days off Cape Charles Lighthouse, as a target for airmen of the U. S. Navy, the battleship, which was twice hit, is again in the back channel at the Navy Yard. | Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. 02 July 1921, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 08/24/11. |
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 | 796k | A BLIMP LOCATES THE IOWA (BB-04), the old battleship of Spanish War days, which, without a soul on board and controlled by radio from the distant Ohio (BB-12), served as a target for twenty-five planes one day last week some ninety miles northeast of Cape Henry in the most spectacular bombing practice at sea ever held. But two hits were scored by the eighty concrete bombs dropped. | Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 10 July 1921, Graphic Section, Image 61, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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63k | Quail (AM-15), alongside the radio-controlled target ship Coast Battleship No. 4 ex-Iowa (BB-04), probably in Panama waters, circa February-March 1923. Quail provided salvage support during exercises with the target ship. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph USNHC # 77309. | |
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142k | Entering Miraflores Lock, Panama Canal, on 10 February 1923. She was in the Panama area to serve as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery exercises. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 73815, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
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91k | In the Pedro Miguel Lock, while transiting the Panama Canal on 10 February 1923. Contocook (AT-36) is in the lock behind her, and SS Bethore is at right. Coast Battleship No. 4 ex-Iowa (BB-04) was then in the Panama area to serve as a radio-controlled target ship for Fleet gunnery exercises. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 83700, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
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126k | Leaving the Pedro Miguel Lock and entering Miraflores Lake, while transiting the Panama Canal, 10 February 1923. She was in the Panama area to serve as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery exercises. Note the lock caisson at right. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # 73816, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
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83k | Maneuvering under fire by battleship guns, while in use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice off Panama, circa 22 March 1923. Note projectiles hitting the water on either side of the target.The ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this exercise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 100447. | |
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112k | Under fire by the main battery of Mississippi (BB-41), while in use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice off Panama, 22 March 1923. Note 14" inch projectile hitting very close to the target, as others impact further away. The target ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this exercise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 64517. | |
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95k | Coast Battleship No. 4 ex-Iowa (BB-04) under fire by battleship guns, while in use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice off Panama, 22 March 1923. Note projectiles hitting the water on either side of the target, and the ship's collapsed forward smokestack. Photographed by A.E. Wells. The ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this exercise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 96027. | |
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108k | Damaged after use as a radio-controlled target during Fleet gunnery practice off Panama, 22 March 1923. Note shell holes in the ship's hull side, in line with the main mast, collapsed forward smokestack, and other damage to her superstructure. Also note numbers painted around her lower fore-top, probably to indicate bearings, and F5L flying boat taxiing in the left background. The target ship was sunk as a result of damage received in this exercise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 64518. | |
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49k | Postcard photo of the Coast Battleship No. 4 ex-Iowa (BB-04). The photo shows the salvage party and F5L flying boat taxiing to the Iowa when it was used as a target ship for the Mississippi (BB-41). | USN photo by A.E. Wells. | |
 | 376k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. | USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
Additional Iowa Images
17 General Views Of Iowa From The Library Of Congress Server.
13 Crew Images Of Iowa From The Library Of Congress Server.
11 Interior Views Of Iowa From The Library Of Congress Server.
9 Battle Of Santiago From The Library Of Congress Server.
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