The IOWA Blog

IOWA and Surface Navy Museum Family:   I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy during the current Covid-19 surge. Los Angeles continues to endure higher positivity rates with numerous lives affected and countless businesses shut down. We are hopeful...

Happy New Year! We finished 2020 on a high note - surviving the worst the year threw at us and even hitting our final fundraising goal!  2021 has started as no less of a rollercoaster than its predecessor, but rather than focusing on what we can't control, we want to...

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Dear IOWA and Surface Navy Museum Family, On December 7th, our President/CEO Jonathan Williams sent out an urgent plea to raise $68,800 to cover some vital costs to operate the museum while we are closed. Some donations have come in by check and as of today we are...

IOWA and Surface Navy Museum Family:   We begin this holiday week with a sense of hope for the beginning of the end of the current pandemic. New legislation has been passed, two vaccines have been approved for distribution, and much of the country is in the...

Meet Battleship IOWA's other big guns! You see Jonathan Williams, Mike Getscher, David Canfield, Dave Way, and other members of our outstanding team in front of cameras frequently, but there are others who rarely if ever make appearances. Bet you didn't know that half...

Dear IOWA and Surface Navy Family, On Monday, our Board of Directors assembled for our December meeting and discussed numerous topics including the Covid-19 crisis. There is no doubt that the crisis is having a tremendous impact on each of us, whether it is our...