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Museum Update Nov 24, 2021

Giving Thanks With Thanksgiving tomorrow, the pandemic still on our minds, and a flood of ten-year memories around us, we’re feeling particularly grateful this year. We have come a long way in the last decade. Recently we’ve been telling the story of our...

Museum Update 12 November 2021

Ten Year Retrospective: Employee Number One You’ve just rescued a battleship from an obscure and uncertain future. That fact is exciting beyond words, but one glance at the ship reveals that a daunting amount of effort still is required to restore her to the...

Museum Update 29 October 2021

Ten Year Retrospective: Leaving the “Ghost Fleet” October 27-28, 2021 marked the ten year anniversary of our team freeing Battleship IOWA from her anchorage in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. COO Mike Getscher took time this week to reflect on little known...

CEO Update Oct 26, 2021

Family and Friends: It has been a couple of weeks since I’ve had the opportunity to touch base with you. Time slipped by as we readied for the inaugural Freedom of the Seas Awards this past Saturday evening. Last Friday, the Surface Navy Association (SNA) hosted...

Museum Update October 15, 2021

Ten Year Retrospective: Meet the Family As we mark the ten year anniversaries of the milestones involved in freeing Battleship IOWA from the Suisun Bay “ghost fleet” and opening her to the public, we thought we’d take a look at a behind the scenes...

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