Artifact Gallery:
Battleship USS Iowa Museum Los Angeles collects relevant artifacts to help tell the story of the ship and the Surface Navy to a broad audience. Below you will find some of our accessioned artifacts in our collection. Not all items are on display and are monitored according to our collections management policy.
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2C Iowa fitting out - Brooklyn Navy Yard - August 1942 through January 1943
![A shipyard worker communicates with the docking crew as IOWA](
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A shipyard worker communicates with the docking crew as IOWA's final position over her keel blocks is secured. October 20, 1942 - 80-G-13563
Photograph![Aerial view of IOWA fitting out from overhead crane looking forward from frame 90. January 15, 1943 - F1111C276](
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