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CEO Update April 14, 2021

Family: The past couple of weeks have picked up pace in both in-person and virtual tours. We have opened our indoor museum over the weekends and our large retail store will be opened within the next couple of weeks. We expect the recovery to continue for much of 2021...

Hull Preservation 2021 Campaign Week 3

Rust, Rust, and More Rust! It is the enemy of all things metal. Battleship IOWA is no exception to its threat. Fighting rust may be the biggest physical battle of the rest of her life. COO and Chief Engineer Mike Getscher discusses what’s happening with rust...

Hull Preservation 2021 Campaign Week 2

More Than A Hull We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Battleship IOWA is an absolute marvel of engineering and a historical treasure. Those elements alone are worth preserving, but any sailor will tell you that what really makes a ship great is the...

CEO Update March 29, 2021

Family: We begin this week with more optimism than we have had since the pandemic hit. Our attendance has picked up over the past seven days with our best Wednesday through Sunday since March of 2020. Although these numbers are encouraging, they are 40% below our...

Hull Preservation 2021 Campaign Kick Off!

Battleship IOWA is one tough ship. She’s been around nearly eighty years and is holding up well. Her hull is sound so far, but if we don’t do everything possible to preserve it, it won’t always be in such great shape. CEO Jonathan Williams has...

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