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 | 67k | A motor whaleboat is lowered over the side of the battleship on 23 Feb 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-87-05134, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 234k | Sixteen-inch projectiles prior to being offloaded from the Iowa (BB-61). The ship is being prepared for a four-month post shakedown availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 25 Mar 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-85-07849, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 199k | A starboard bow view of the Iowa (BB-61) enroute to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 5 Apr 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-85-07822, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 321k | The Iowa (BB-61) is guided into Dry Dock No. 4, 1 Apr 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-05793, by PH3 J. Elliott, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 444k | A starboard bow view of the Iowa (BB-61) in the No. 4 dry dock for a four-month post shakedown availability, 26 Apr 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-85-07839, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 74k | A stern view of the battleship Iowa (BB-61) on keel blocks in Dry Dock No. 4.for a four-month post shakedown availability, 26 Apr 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-05786, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 55k | Two crewmen work together to clean the starboard anchor on the battleship Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-85-07815, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 348k | An aerial view of the Iowa (BB-61) in Dry Dock No. 4 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1 May 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-05788, by PH2 Ken Bates, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 155k | Lieutenant Commander George Farrar, public affairs officer of the Iowa (BB-61), examines the armored skegs protecting the ship's inboard screws. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-05794, by PH2 Ken Bates, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 250k | Crewmen of the battleship Iowa (BB-61) display a battle efficiency ribbon in front of the No. 1 and 2 turrets on 1 Jun 1985. The ribbon is held by Captain Gerald E. Gneckow, the ship's commanding officer, left, and Commander Joe Lee Frank, operations officer. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-05789, by PHC Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | ||
 | 277k | Waves crash on the bow of the Iowa (BB-61) while underway in rough seas, 1 Sep 1985. The ship is participating in NATO Exercise Ocean Safari '85. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-02556, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 54k | An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter is secured by flight deck crewmen aboard the battleship Iowa (BB-61) on 1 Sep 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-02511, by PHC Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 375k | View of the Iowa's (BB-61) bow section; conical-monopole high frequency antenna anchor chain & ship's bell while at Kiel in the Federal German Republic in 1985 during(Baltops"85). | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels via Fred Willshaw. | ||
 | 162k | Iowa (BB-61) in the South Western approaches of the U.K. putting on a Firepower Demonstration during the concluding phase of NATO Exercise Ocean Safari '85. This was the largest peacetime naval exercise in history with 160 warships from 10 countries participating. The exercise was from 28 August 1985 to 20 September 1985. The exercise was to simulate the resupply of Europe and the protection of convoy routes. Maneuvers were carried out in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the Straits of Denmark and the Baltic Sea. | Official US Navy Photograph processed by the Iowa's Photo Lab & text contributed by Robert M. Cieri. | ||
 | 90k | A high angle port view of the battleship Iowa (BB-61) refueling the guided missile destroyer Halyburton (FFG-40) during an underway replenishment on 6 Sept 1985 in the Atlantic Ocean. | US Navy photo courtesy of Fred Weiss. | ||
 | 236k | Water spills over the fantail of the Iowa (BB-61) during high power maneuvers in shallow waters at Chesapeake Bay, VA, 19 Nov 1985. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-87-09162, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 135k | A port quarter view of the Iowa (BB-61) approaching the harbor at Port Everglades, FA, for a port visit, 15 Feb 1986. | USN photo by PH1 Jeff Hilton. | ||
 | 280k | Navy photographers and cameramen film the Iowa (BB-61) from Contractor's Ridge as the ship passes through the Gaillard Cut during a 12-hour transit of the canal, 24 Feb 1986. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-04889, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 166k | A silhouetted port beam view of the Iowa (BB-61) anchored at sunset, 3 Mar 1986. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-87-09447, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 32k | The starboard signal bridge area, 03 level, frames 96-97, on the battleship Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-86-09508, by PHC Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 120k | A Mark 16 20mm/76-caliber Phalanx close in weapons system on the 05 level deck area of the battleship Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-86-09564, by PHC Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 123k | A starboard view looking aft of the secondary battery director, the forward stack and the super rapid blooming offboard chaff launchers on the battleship Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-86-09512, by PHC Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 36k | The forward armored box launcher deck of the battleship Iowa (BB-61) showing the No. 1 and No. 3 Mark 143 Tomahawk armored box launchers. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-09505, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 124k | The helicopter control station on the 02 level of the battleship Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-86-09557, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 173k | Visible atop the fire control tower is periscope Mk.32, to right, periscope Mk.30 Mod 0 in 1985. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo added 10/20/07. | ||
 | 148k | Crew members aboard the Iowa (BB-61) deploy an inflatable target prior to a main battery firing exercise for the ship's Mark 7 16-inch/50-cal. guns during NATO exercise North Wedding 86, 1 Aug 1986. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-00320, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 480k | Crew members aboard the Iowa (BB-61) wait for a Helicopter Light Anti-Submarine Squadron 34 (HSL-34) SH-2F Seasprite helicopter to be secured before transporting a badly burned sailor injured during NATO exercise North Wedding 86. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-00280, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 19k | Signal flags fly from the bridge of the battleship Iowa (BB-61) during NATO Exercise North Wedding 86. | USN photo # DN-ST-87-01012, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 206k | Crewmen aboard the Iowa (BB-61) stand by to transfer pallets of five-inch ammunition to the ammunition ship Nitro (AE-23). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-01914, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 117k | Port side view of the Iowa (BB-61) when she visited Portsmouth UK, 1986. | Courtesy of John Bushell, ex Royal Navy Chief. | ||
 | 62k | Crew members prepare to release a weather/wind velocity balloon prior to a remote-piloted vehicle launch aboard the Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-04727, by PHC Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 22k | A view of the stern of the Iowa (BB-61) with a Pioneer I remotely-piloted vehicle (RPV) in launching position and a recovery net erected on the ship's stern. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-04515, by PHC Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 601k | A crewman performs a final pre-launch check on a Pioneer I remotely-piloted vehicle (RPV) on the stern of the Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-04518, by PHC Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 396k | Pioneer I Remotely-Piloted Vehicle (RPV) is launched during a rocket-booster assisted takeoff from the stern of the Iowa (BB-61) on 1 Nov 1986. The RPV, which carries a stabilized television camera and a laser designator, is being tested aboard the Iowa as a basic gunfire support system with over-the-horizon targeting and reconnaissance capabilities. The system may be operated out to a range of 110 miles from the battleship surface group and has an endurance of eight hours. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-04719, by PHC Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 425k | A Pioneer I remotely piloted vehicle (PV) approaches a recovery net erected on the stern of the Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-09374, by PHC Jeff Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 511k | Crewmen disengage a Pioneer I remotely-piloted vehicle (RPV) from a recovery net erected on the stern of the Iowa (BB-61) on 1 Nov 1986. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-87-04514, by PHC Hilton, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 114k | A view of the breach end of the center Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun inside the No. 2 turret aboard the battleship Iowa (BB-61) on 14 Dec 1986. Loaded in the gun is what will be the 1,000th round fired by the Iowa's 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning. | USN photo # DN-SC-91-03645, by PHAN William Holck, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 89k | As seen from above, a 2,700-pound dummy projectile travels up a hoist from a handling room in one of the 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets aboard the Iowa (BB-61). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-91-03640, by PHAN William Holck, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
 | 225k | A 1,900-pound high capacity (HC) projectile is hoisted up to the spanning tray of the center Mark 7 15-inch/50-caliber gun in the No. 2 turret aboard the Iowa (BB-61), 14 Dec 1986. This particular projectile will be the 1,000th round fired by the Iowa's 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-91-03642, by PHAN William Holck, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | ||
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