The last two bits are totally wrong. Iowa was reactivated in 1983 and decommissioned due to the turret explosion in October 1990, missing Operation Desert Storm by three months. It was the two youngest sisters, Wisconsin and Missouri, that participated in Desert Storm.
You must be new to Itomugi's cipher art. The whole image shows info about it.
That's an understatement. Itomugi-kun's "hidden code" images are chock full of information on the subject, from launch to sinking and any major events in-between, as well as any tidbits =3
And she really loves using Morse code, which makes interpreting her work even more fun =w=
The last two bits are totally wrong. Iowa was reactivated in 1983 and decommissioned due to the turret explosion in October 1990, missing Operation Desert Storm by three months. It was the two youngest sisters, Wisconsin and Missouri, that participated in Desert Storm.
I hate to say this, Itomugi, but you done goofed.
Itomugi didn't make a mistake. It was the original note writer's. I've corrected them.
The 1984 date was for Iowa's recommissioning as part of the 600-Ship Navy Program, not for the Gulf War, which was in 1990.
The "2 Static Electricity" probably refers to the #2 turret explosion (Static electricity was later discarded as a cause in the subsequent investigation).
Any clues at what the 624142 on the center gun at upper left mean? Or the numbers & letters on the "bracelet" in her forearm?
Also, anything hinting to BB-4, the original Battleship Iowa?
The turret explosion was actually in April 1989. While it may have been a factor in the decommissioning eighteen months later, other factors such as the end of the Cold War and Congress eager to slash defense funding played a much larger role.
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Sunk by USS New Jersey BB-62Nickname of USS Iowa BB-61.USS Iowa BB-61 was once again put under reserve after the Korean War.The United States Navy ordered for the construction of the Iowa-Class BattleshipsUSS Iowa BB-61 was recommissioned for the Korean War.USS Iowa BB-61 was launched.USS Iowa BB-61 was commissioned to the USN.She was assigned to the Task Group 38.3 during her mission in the Pacific.Nickname of USS Missouri BB-63.Nickname of USS New Jersey BB-62.USS Iowa BB-61 was decommissioned and was put under reserve.The first Iowa-class Battleship was laid down.She was also called as "The Grey Ghost" because of her grey paint during the Korean War.Sŏngjin
Renamed to Kimchaek in 1951USS Illinois (BB-65)
Construction cancelled on August 11, 1945. USS Wisconsin (BB-64)Kosŏng
All three are North Korean cities bombarded by Iowa in the Korean War.She was supposed to counter the German Battleship Tirpitz.Museum ship nowUSS Kentucky (BB-66)
Construction cancelled on January 20, 1950 HŭngnamMuroranIowa shelled the japanese city of Muroran, Hokkaido the 14th and 15th of July of 1945.USS Iowa BB-61 was decommissioned for the last time.USS Iowa BB-61 was reactivated for the 600-Ship Navy Program.USS Iowa BB-61 was struck off the Navy List. She was donated as a museum ship to the Pacific Battleship Center and was docked in the Port of Los Angeles, opening to the public on July 7, 2012.Reference to the #2 turret explosion (Static electricity was later discarded as a cause in the subsequent investigation).USS Iowa BB-53
One of the six South Dakota-class battleships which were about to be made during the 1920s; all six were never finished by the time construction was halted in 1922 due to the Washington Naval Treaty and were eventually scrapped for their metal.
