The IOWA Blog:
CEO Update October 1, 2021
Friends and Family: This past weekend, we returned from an east coast trip to resume our efforts at the museum. On Monday our board convened for the quarterly meeting, during which we discussed several topics ranging from impact in the community to progress on the...
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti to Receive Humanitarian Award at Freedom of the Seas Gala
The National Museum of the Surface Navy announces that retired Navy Admiral Michelle Howard will receive the VADM Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. Leadership Award at the inaugural Freedom of the Seas Award Gala. The award recognizes leaders who exemplify the trailblazing, courageous service of the late U.S. Surface Navy Vice Admiral.
CEO Update September 24, 2021
Friends and Family: This week I am writing to you from a flight between Providence, RI, and Mobile, AL. Over the past couple of days, we have had an opportunity to visit with the crew of the new USS Iowa (SSN-797) and tour the USS California (SSN-781) in Groton, CT....
Museum Update September 17, 2021
Introducing Our Freedom Of The Seas Award RecipientsOver the next four weeks we'll be highlighting the award recipients who will be honored at our first annual Freedom of the Seas gala on October 23rd. First up, Freedom of the Seas award winner Ambassador Robert C....
CEO Update September 14, 2021
Friends and Family: To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we hosted an Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans gathering on board IOWA in affiliation with LA Fleet Week, and a remembrance with the LA Fire Department station 112...
Museum Update September 10, 2021
State Senate Passes National Museum ResolutionExciting news! This week, the California State Senate passed Senator Bob Archuleta’s (D-Pico Rivera) Joint Resolution No. 3, urging support for the Battleship USS Iowa Museum and National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of...
CEO Update 3 September 2021
Friends and Supporters: Today (September 2nd) my thoughts are surrounding the seventy-sixth anniversary of the end of WWII aboard the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. My connection to the USS Iowa began twenty-one years ago when I visited...
Vicky’s Doghouse
Vicky’s Doghouse is a gourmet hotdog kitchen on the fantail of the Battleship IOWA serving a variety of hotdogs, sides, salads, beers and wines.
Museum Update: 27 August 2021
Back To School Means FIELD TRIP Time Celebrate Back to School with one of our field trip options. From our virtual STEM option that offers a small break in the day for teachers K- 8th grade with interactive STEM projects to in-person tours that provides students with...
CEO Update 24 August 2021
Friends and Supporters: The ship remains abuzz with activity despite the postponement of LA Fleet Week to Memorial Day 2022. The team continues to press to open Vicky’s very soon with several improvements in the works that will make the Battleship IOWA the...