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2B launch day - Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York - August 27, 1942
Tugs begin moving USS Iowa to her fitting out berth following her launching at the Brooklyn Navy Yard - F1111C155.
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USS Iowa commemorative launch postal cover. Note that Iowa will be the first 45,000 displacement ton (standard) battleship.
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USS Iowa commemorative launch postal cover. Iowa's launch weight was then the heaviest ever for the US Navy. "Remember Pearl Harbor"
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