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Last update:
12/21/2012
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USS Iowa BB-4 |
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Scale 1:250 |
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Author:
Carl Beetz - Golden Bear Models |
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File Size: 78.7 Mb |
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USS Iowa BB-4
Waterline or full hull model.
1896
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Model # GBM005 (081) |
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Price $35.00 |
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Technical data: |
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Launched |
March 28, 1896 |
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Displacement |
11,346 tons
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Length |
360 feet |
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Beam |
72 feet |
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Max speed |
17.0
knots |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 12"/ 35 cal |
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4 x 2 - 8"/ 35 cal |
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6 x 1 - 4"/ 40 cal |
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20 x 1 - 6-pound |
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4 x 1 - 1-pound |
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4 x 14" torpedo tubes |
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USS Iowa
was commissioned 16 June 1897 under the command of Captain W. T.
Sampson and was assigned to the Atlantic fleet. In April 1898 the
U.S. government declared war on Spain. 28 May 1898, Iowa
was ordered to blockade duty off the port of Santiago De Cuba, joining
the other American battleships, Indiana,
Massachusetts and
Oregon. On 3 July 1898,
she was the first to sight the Spanish flotilla attempting to escape
the harbor. In the ensuing engagement now known as the Battle of
Santiago De Cuba, Iowa
performed well. Her effective fire set the Spanish cruisers
Maria Teresa and
Oquendo
aflame. In concert with other ships, she sank the destroyer
Pluton.
She then gave chase to the cruiser
Viscaya
and inflicted so much damage on her to force Viscaya
onto the rocks. With the battle finished, Iowa
received on board Spanish Admiral Cervera and the officers and crews
of the Viscaya,
Furor and Pluton.
After the
Spanish-American war,
Iowa
entered drydock at Bremerton, Washington 11 June 1899 for her first
refit. After that, she served in the Pacific Squadron for 2 ˝ years,
conducting training cruises and target practice.
23 December
1903 Iowa
joined the Atlantic Squadron, participating in the John Paul Jones
Commemoration ceremonies in June 1905.
Iowa
did not participate in the world tour of the “Great White Fleet” in
1908. However, she was extensively overhauled in 1909-10, along
with
most of the other American battleships. It was this refit that gave
her and the others the distinctive cage masts that lasted into the
1920s.
From that
time forward, Iowa
served mainly as a training vessel, making a number of cruises to
northern Europe. She decommissioned for the final time 31 March 1919.
- Michael Mash, June 2011
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Model built and photographed by the author, used with
permission.
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