Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS Iowa is a retired battleship, and the lead ship of her class. She is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships. Iowa served with the Pacific Fleet in 1944, shelling beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok and screening aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. She also served as the Third Fleet flagship, flying Admiral William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. During the Korean War, Iowa was involved in raids on the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned. She was reactivated in 1984 and operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to counter the recently expanded Soviet Navy. In April 1989, an explosion wrecked her No. 2 gun turret, killing 47 sailors. Iowa was decommissioned for the last time in October 1990 after 19 total years of active service. In 2011 she was donated to the Los Angeles–based non-profit Pacific Battleship Center and in 2012 was opened to the public. (This article is part of a featured topic: Iowa-class battleships.)
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Hi TomStar81 and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:48, 4 July 2021 (UTC)