July 1, 1984: The battleship Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16-inch/50 and six 5-inch/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Note concussion effects on the water surface and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PHAN J. Alan Elliott / U.S. Navy

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August 1942: The Iowa is prepared for launch at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The heavy chains are used to brake the ship entering the water.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy / National Archives Collection

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Aug. 27, 1942: The battleship Iowa at Brooklyn Navy Yard. This photo was published in the Aug. 28, 1942, Los Angeles Times.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Aug. 27, 1942: The Iowa goes down the slips at Brooklyn Navy Yard.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Feb. 22, 1943: Commissioning ceremonies for the battleship Iowa occur on the after deck at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy / National Archives Collection

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1943: Twenty-millimeter gun crew in action on the Iowa's forecastle, probably during her shakedown during first half of 1943.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy / National Archives Collection

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1944: Official U.S. Navy photograph of the Iowa was released on Oct. 26, 1944, was published in the Oct. 27, 1944, L.A. Times.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy Photograph

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Jan. 24, 1944: The Iowa underway at sea during Marshalls Operations. At left in the distance is the Indiana (BB-58).

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy / National Archives Collection

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1944: Underway in the South Pacific, the 16-inch guns of the Iowa fire during a battle drill.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. NAVY/Associated Press

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Oct. 12, 1944: A Catholic chaplain celebrates Mass on the open deck of the battleship Iowa as officers and men stand with heads bowed below covered muzzles of big guns.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Nov. 8, 1944: The Iowa lies at anchor in the Pacific.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Mar. 1945: The battleship USS Iowa in drydock No. 4 at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco. Damege from a typhoon to one of Iowa's propeller shafts required stateside repairs.T During repairs, the bridge area was enclosed and new search and fire control radar was installed.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dave Way / Curator / Pacific Battleship Center

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Aug. 1945: Sister battleships the USS Iowa, right, and with the USS Missouri sailing together off Japan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dave Way/Curator / Pacific Battleship Center

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May. 22, 1947: The battleship Iowa moves under the Golden Gate Bridge for National Naval Reserve Week in San Francisco.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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July 14, 1951: The Iowa is pushed by tugboats into the San Francisco Navy Yard to begin de-mothing operations for the Korean War. This photo was published in the July 15, 1951, L.A. Times.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Oct. 17, 1952: A cloud of gunfire smoke hangs over the battleship Iowa after the main battery had pounded Communist coastal defenses during amphibious exercises off Kojo, Korea.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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July 3, 1952: Battleship Iowa, on its second tour of combat duty in Korean waters, refuels at sea from the oilier Manatee, as the destroyer Herbert J. Thomas approaches to the left.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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May 15, 1952: Back in port after its first combat duty since World War II, the Iowa (BB-61) replenishes the ammunition it hurled at North Korea. A photographer shooting from the super structure captured this overall shot of ammunition loading operations.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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June 17, 1952: The nuzzle blast of the battleship Iowa's 16-inch rifle makes a perfect powder puff as her No. 2 turret opens up in support of the United Nations ground forces on Korea's west coast.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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1952: The Iowa fires a 16-inch shell toward a North Korean target in mid-1952.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy / National Archives Collection

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Oct. 28, 1952: The battleships Missouri, left, and Iowa, are together again in a fighting zone for the first time since World War II. They ride together from a buoy in a far eastern port during a pause in the fighting against the Communists in Korea. The 16-inch main batteries of the battle wagons have blasted Communist coastal installations and have provided seaborne artillery support for frontline U.N. troops.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Jan. 20, 1952: Crowds tour the U.S.S. Iowa at the start of Long Beach Naval Shipyard weeklong birthday program. This photo was published in the Jan. 21, 1952 Los Angeles Times.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA

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June 12, 1957: Anchored at Hampton Roads, Va., the Iowa prepares for the International Naval Review. A HUP helicopter is flying overhead.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PH1 Castiglia / Naval History & Heritage Command

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May 28, 1984: The Iowa sails into Chesapeake Bay at Norfolk, Va., after a training exercise at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Joe Mahoney / United Press International

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July 4, 1986: A helicopter carrying President Reagan lands on the fantail of the battleship Iowa in the Hudson River off mid-Manhattan in New York. The president will conduct the International Naval Review from the battleship.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ralph Ginzburg / Associated Press

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July 2, 1986: The Iowa, which will carry President Reagan down the Hudson River in an international naval review, arrives in New York Harbor. It will join 22 tall ships and their escorts in a spectacular parade up the Hudson on Independence Day.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Joel Landau / Associated Press

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July 4, 1986: President and Mrs. Reagan, dwarfed by the Iowa's 16-inch guns, stand at attention as the national anthem is played during harbor salute to the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: United Press International

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July 5, 1986: The Beach Boys perform just above the big guns of the battleship Iowa in New York Harbor as part of the Fourth of July Liberty celebration weekend.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Frankie Ziths / Associated Press

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Dec. 16, 1987: The Iowa fires its 16-inch guns during duty in the Persian Gulf.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ERIC RISBERG / Associated Press

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April 19, 1989: A fire caused by an explosion in turret No. 2 breaks out on the battleship Iowa. Forty-seven sailors were killed.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: THOMAS JARRELL / Associated Press

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April 19, 1989: The crew aboard the Iowa train firehoses on the No. 2 turret after explosion. Forty-seven sailors were killed in the explosion off the coast of Puerto Rico.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Information graphic moved by Associated Press on May 25, 1990, explaining how the 16-inch guns used aboard battleships work.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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April 20, 1989: U.S. Navy honor guard coffins during memorial service at Dover Air Force Base for men killed during the turret explosion on the Iowa.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: United Press International

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April 20, 1989: Retired Rear Adm. Julian Becton holds a picture of the Iowa at his Wynnewood, Pa., home. A former captain of the battleship, Becton said he believes the explosion that killed 47 sailors could have been caused by burning powder that had not been cleared from a gun barrel.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bill Cramer / Associated Press

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March 27, 2001: The Iowa crosses the Panama Canal at Gaillard Cut near Panama City, Panama. At 108.2 feet wide, the Iowa-class battleships are the largest vessels ever to scrape their way through the 110-foot-wide locks of the canal. They were designed so that they could just fit through the waterway.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAIME E.YAU / Associated Press

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March 28, 2001: The Iowa crosses the Panama Canal at Miraflores Lock near Panama City, Panama.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TOMAS MUNITA / Associated Press

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July 18, 2003: The battleship Iowa, bottom left, sits anchored with a fleet of mothballed warships in Suisun Bay, Calif.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ERIC RISBERG / Associated Press

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April 14, 2012: The Iowa, berthed at Richmond, Ca., sits covered with scaffolding and tarps during maintenance before the move to San Pedro. The poster in foreground shows the battleship when not covered.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Scott Harrison / Los Angeles Times

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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.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

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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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May 30, 2012: A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches the Iowa as it arrives off the Southern California coast from the San Francisco Bay.

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June 2, 2012: Members of the Cabrillo Beach Boosters wave as the battleship Iowa enters Los Angeles Harbor through Angels Gate.

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July 7, 2012 Retired Swiss army officer Fred Alder, 92, is among those lining up in the morning to visit the Iowa on its first day as a floating museum in San Pedro.

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July 7, 2012: A crowd swarms over the battleship Iowa on its opening day as a floating museum.

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July 7, 2012: The line of people visiting the Iowa on its first day as a floating museum on the San Pedro waterfront.

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