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First Pacific Campaign

First Pacific campaign in support of carrier air strikes against Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls.
En Route to the Pacific

En Route to the Pacific

En Route to Pacific as Flagship of Battleship Division 7, in company with USS NEW JERSEY. The USS IOWA became a charter member of the famous Pacific Fleet Task Force 58.
FDR Heads Back to the USA

FDR Heads Back to the USA

Completion of mission with return of FDR to the United States. Perhaps the only bathtub installed for a President on an American warship, the tub was installed as a convenience for President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to meet with British...