USS Iowa

USS Iowa may refer to several vessels:

U.S. military vessels

• Iowa (steamboat), 1838, a Mississippi River boat that transported troops during the American Civil War
• USS Ammonoosuc (1864), a monitor that was never commissioned and was renamed Iowa before being sold
• USS Iowa (BB-4), a battleship that saw action during the Spanish–American War
• USS Iowa (BB-53), a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty
• USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the Iowa-class battleship that saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War
• USS Iowa (SSN-797), a planned Virginia-class submarine
• USS Iowan (ID-3002), 1914 cargo ship used by the U.S. Navy in World War I for cargo and troop transport.

Non-military vessels named Iowa

• A stern-wheel rafter/packet named Iowa plied the Mississippi River from 1865–1900.[1]
• A stern-wheel towboat named Iowa operated in the Mississippi River from 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named Iowa also existed from 1932–1956.[2]
• An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th century.[3]
• In 1898 an excursion steamboat named Iowa was launched in Independence, Iowa, after several years as a popular attraction, it was carried over the Independence dam by high water and was demolished.[4]

References

1. "UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
2. "UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
3. US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34. 1881. p. 269.
4. Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell (1914). History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1. pp. 590–591.