USS USS Iowa (BB-4)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

USS USS Iowa (BB-4)

Entry/Object ID

PC06458

Description

Starboard side view of the Iowa at anchor using port anchor, gangway rigged after quarter, flying US colors at stern staff, no Union Jack at bow staff, launched 28 March 1893, reclassified July 21, 1921 as (IX-6). first US ship to fire a shot in the "Battle of Santiago de Cuba", participated in the John Paul Jones ceremonies at Annapolis, MD on 30 June 1905. renamed Coast Battleship No. 4 on 30 April 1919, Sunk by 14"s salvos from the USS Mississippi (BB-41) in Panama Bay 23 March 1923.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Source, Unknown

Studio

Unknown Organization

Date made

n.d.

Place

Unknown

Unknown

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, III-A-2 U.S. Navy -- Battleships