IOWA   CLASS

name                   builder                   laid down              launched               completed    

Iowa                     New  York  NY               27/06/40                        27/08/42                        22/02/43

New Jersey          Philadelphia                 16/09/40                        07/12/42                        23/05/43    

Missouri               New York NY                16/01/41                        29/01/44                        11/06/44   

Wisconsin            Philadelphia                25/01/41                        07/12/43                         16/04/44

Illinois                 Philadelphia                06/12/42                         Not Launched                Scrapped on slip

Kentucky               Norfolk NY                   06/12/42                        20/01/50                          Scrapped 58

Specification USS lowa (BB.61 )

Displacement: 48, 500 tons standard, 57, 450 tons full load

Dimensions: length 270.43 m (887 ft3 in) overall; beam 32. 97 m ( 108 ft 2 in)

 draught 1 1.58 m (38 ft)

Machinery: 4-shaft geared steam turbines delivering 212, 000 shp ( 158088 kW)

 Speed: 33 kts

Armour: belt 310 mm ( 12.2 in); decks38-120 mm ( 1. 5-4.7 in); turrets 457 mm ( 18 in)

Armament:

nine 406-mm ( 16 in), 20 127-mm (5-in) DP, 60 40-mm AA and 60 20-mm AA guns

Aircraft: three Vought Kingfisher floatplanes

Complement: 1,921 officers and men