San Pedro — June 09, 2012: The battleship Iowa emerges from the shadow of the Vincent Thomas Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

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San Pedro — June 09, 2012: A floatilla of ships, yachts and sailboats accompanied the battleship Iowa as it made its way in Los Angeles Harbor on Saturday afternoon.

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San Pedro — June 09, 2012: Sea cadets are instructed where and how to "man the rails," prior to the Iowa's turnaround in the harbor.

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San Pedro — June 09, 2012: Tugboats position themselves alongside the Iowa on Saturday afternoon to move it through the harbor to its new berth, where it will open next month as a waterfront museum.

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San Pedro — June 09, 2012: The Iowa was moved, with great fanfare, into its permanent home at Berth 87 in Los Angeles Harbor. Sea cadets and a color guard prepare for the storied battleship's short journey through the harbor.

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June 2, 2012: Members of the Cabrillo Beach Boosters wave as the battleship Iowa enters through Angels Gate into Los Angeles Harbor, en route to temporary docking at Berths 51-52. The battleship will be moved on June 9 to its permanent location at Berth 87 in San Pedro.

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The 69-year-old battleship Iowa and her ocean tug, the Warrior, arrive off the Southern California coast after a four-day tow from San Francisco Bay.

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A Coast Guard boat approaches the famed battleship Iowa as it arrives off the Southern California coast from San Francisco Bay.

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San Francisco — The battleship Iowa passes beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on May 26, 2012.

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Richmond, Calif. — MAY 26, 2012: Members of the Pacific Battleship Center join in releasing the ropes from the Iowa at its temporary berth in Richmond. It's about to begin its final voyage to Southern California and its permanent home as a floating museum on the San Pedro waterfront.

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San Francisco — At 3:03 p.m. on May 26, 2012, the 69-year-old battleship Iowa is towed just beyond the Golden Gate Bridge and moves out into the ocean on its final voyage to Southern California and its permanent home as a floating museum on the San Pedro waterfront.

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San Francisco — Pedestrians crowd the Golden Gate Bridge to watch the 69-year-old battleship Iowa as it leaves San Francisco Bay on May 26, 2012.

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San Francisco — Stretching more than 800 feet in length, the battleship Iowa approaches the Golden Gate Bridge.

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San Francisco — The 69-year-old battleship Iowa is pulled through San Francisco Bay by the 7,200-horsepower oceangoing tug Warrior on May 26, 2012. Other tugs escort the 45,000-ton warship and recreation sailors pass by for a closer look.

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San Francisco — Spectators watch the 69-year-old battleship Iowa as it is pulled through San Francisco Bay by the 7,200-horsepower oceangoing tug Warrior on May 26, 2012. Other tugs flank the 45,000-ton warship and recreation sailors pass by for a closer look. The Iowa is making its final voyage to its permanent home as a floating museum on the San Pedro waterfront.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: John Wolfinbarger, 88, stands aboard the Iowa and holds up a picture of how the ship looked when he served on it during World War II. He said it sometimes was so hot in the Pacific that he and other sailors chose to sleep on the deck.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: David Way watches a visitor step through the 18-inch-thick doorway of the battleship Iowa's conning station.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: David Way of the Pacific Battleship Center stands at the bell on the bow of the battleship Iowa. The Huntington Beach resident has been working to coordinate the ship's restoration and its conveyance to the Port of Los Angeles.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: Bay Area resident Karen Johnston views the Iowa from an overlook. The battleship carried President Franklin Delano Roosevelt across the Atlantic and had a bathtub -- a rare amenity in a U.S. warship -- installed specifically for him.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: The Iowa, which is among the biggest U.S. battleships ever built, will start its journey to Los Angeles by being towed under the Golden Gate Bridge and out of the San Francisco Bay.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: David Way of the Pacific Battleship Center gazes down at the Iowa’s deck. His group campaigned for the ship's permanent home to be in Los Angeles.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 11, 2012: A worker rolls a coat of "battleship gray" paint onto one of the big guns at the bow end of the Iowa. The ship served in World War II and the Korean War, and in the 1980s it was a formidable presence at NATO exercises and in the Persian Gulf.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 11, 2012: A fresh coat of paint glistens on one of the huge artillery guns at the bow end of the battleship Iowa. In the ship's heyday, its guns could hurl 2,700-pound shells at targets more than 24 miles away.

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Richmond, Calif. — May 12, 2012: Christopher Edwards, a volunteer docent, stands in the "combat engagement center" of the battleship Iowa. This room is where naval officers would command the firing of the ship's weaponry.

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Richmond, Calif. — The secondary conning station high on the bridge of the battleship Iowa is an armor-plated room with walls of thick steel. If the main bridge was damaged, the ship would be steered from here. The wheel that was once on the post below the taped-over dials is now in a maritime museum.

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