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Smiling man and child stand on a ship deck near large equipment. Text reads Kids Board Free Launching Labor Day Weekend. Promo details mention free admission for children with a paid adult.

Limited time only beginning on September 5, 2026!

Kids Board Free

In the all-new Life of a Sailor experience, kids become sailor recruits, building their skills, following the story of a famous sailor, and joining Vicky the Dog on a scavenger hunt through Battleship IOWA.

Kids board free with a paid adult.

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Finding Treasures: How Missing Pieces Return To The Ship

November 22, 2022 | History

Battleship IOWA has an uncanny knack for attracting historical treasures of all shapes, sizes, and several eras. From a guest book signed by FDR and his war cabinet to a Mark-48 bombardment computer, we’re always on the lookout for things with relevance to the...

No Higher Honor: RADM Sam Cox, USN (Ret.) on the Battle Off Samar

November 1, 2022 | History

Every so often, an event of truly epic proportions becomes the stuff of legend. The engagement off Samar during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf on Oct. 25, 1944 is such an event.Full of humbling, heroic sacrifice, this incredible naval engagement resulted in a U.S....

Exclusive Opportunity: Honoring The Battle Off Samar

October 21, 2022 | History

You’re invited to join us tomorrow – Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM PST – for a fascinating discussion about the Battle Off Samar. This incredible naval engagement is widely regarded as one of the most heroic efforts of World War II, and the...

Dave Way & Jim Kurrasch: A Curatorial Conversation (Part I)

September 13, 2022 | History

Battleship IOWA is home to thousands of artifacts.  From the ship herself to a chair from NAGATO – the last Japanese battleship, from physical objects to digital images, all of these artifacts must be cataloged and stored.Dave Way is the ship’s historian...