CEO Corner
Updates from Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams is the President & CEO of the Pacific Battleship Center, home of the Battleship IOWA, LA Fleet Week, and the National Museum of the Surface Navy. A purpose-driven leader and storyteller, he shares updates and insights from one of the nation’s most innovative nonprofit organizations. His writing explores leadership, community, and culture — connecting lessons from the deck plate to the boardroom while highlighting the people, progress, and purpose that continue to drive the mission forward.
Newest Updates
A Victim of Surprise
A victim of surprise: CEO Jonathan Williams celebrates a milestone birthday
Leaks, 2025, CONCERT!!!, and more
Leaks, 2025, a big CONCERT, and more in CEO Jonathan Williams’ first update of the year
Additional Resources
Explore lesson plans, leadership experiences, essay contests, birthday parties, and other educational resources that extend learning beyond a visit to Battleship IOWA.
Donate to City of LA EMD Disaster Relief Fund
The City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department (EMD) has designated the Pacific Battleship Center, the established 501c3 non-profit that owns and operates the National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA and Los Angeles Fleet Week, to facilitate the donation of funds, grants, and in-kind products or services for the benefit and support of the City’s Emergency Management Efforts. Thank you for supporting our City and its communities. Mail Check to:Pacific Battleship...
Iowans for IOWA
Protect the Enduring Legacy of Iowa's NamesakeDeckPreservationIf you look at the history of battleships, you find photos of hundreds of sailors polishing the gleaming teak decks - an extraordinary image that stays with us always. Here aboard IOWA, with deck ranging in age from forty to nearly eighty years, we have a problem. Sun and weather have taken their toll. Decaying wood allows water to become trapped against bulkheads and to pool underneath deck boards. That moisture is actually eroding...
A Message About The Wildfires from CEO Jonathan Williams
CEO Jonathan Williams on the Southern California wildfires
Southern California Wild Fires
Devastating wild fires are blazing across SoCal. Help us support disaster relief.
2025: Here We Go!
It’s 2025 and we’re going to have an epic year
Creating Community | Shaping The Future
CEO Jonathan Williams wraps up 2024 and shares future plans in his final update of the year
Needle Gun Serenade Plus A New Face
Deck update, intern intro, and more happenings around Battleship IOWA in this week’s museum update
Limited time only!
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.