IOWA IX 6

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Iowa Class Battleship Keel Laid 5 August 1893 - Launched 28 March 1896 USS IOWA BATTLESHIP NO. 4 Commissioned 16 June 1897 - Decommissioned 30 June 1903 Recommissioned 23 December 1903 - Decommissioned 23 July 1908 Recommissioned 2 May 1910 - Decommissioned 23 May 1914 Recommissioned 23 April 1917 Initially served as a receiving ship at Philadelphia PA and then as a training vessel and guard ship See US Receiving Ship - Philadelphia PA for more information Decommissioned 31 March 1919 COASTAL BATTLESHIP NO. 4 Renamed 30 April 1919 after decommissioning COASTAL BATTLESHIP IX-6 Reclassified (IX) 21 July 1921 and used as Radio Controlled Target Ship Sunk as target by USS Mississippi BB-41 in the Gulf of Panama 23 March 1923 Struck from Naval Register 27 March 1923

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Iowa BB-4 Covers Page 1    (1910-1911)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post office established 13 May 1910 - Disestablished 23 May 1914

 

Locy Type 1u(AC)

1910-07-15

BB-4

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Picture Postcards

 

Non-posted

N/A

Picture postcard

 

Locy Type 2 USS Potomac AT-50

1912-01-03

N/A

Picture postcard of the USS IOWA in the floating drydock "Dewey".

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in honor of Iowa, the 29th state.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the named IOWA - USS Iowa (Monitor 1864), USS Iowa BB-4, USS Iowa BB-53 (already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty) and USS Iowa BB-61.

 

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