The USS Missouri ..& here Sister ships......how many were there ?

Question

I understand the USS Missori, albeit the US Navy warship the Japanese signed the WW 11 Pacific Surrender, had sister ships?

As a foreign national my questions needing clarifications are:

1) How many were built, what did they weigh, where were they built? and their names?

2) Were they identical or difered in design?

3) What was their respective speeds and armenents and what was their guns size and range?.

4) None of this type / class of ship were even built or commisioned at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour?

5) One of their class was sunk during WW11?! Is this correct?

6) Did they carry aircraft for obsevation etc.

7) What if anything comprised their escoprt battle formation / protection from enemy attack.

8) Which one, if any, was superior in weight, speed and arms?

9) What numbers of crew did they carry

10) How many survive to day? If so, are they still in commission or museums? and where can they be found?

Extremely informative to date. As regards the last shot fired etc I recall reading years back that a gun misfired on a US Warship of vintage age and many casulties occured? Whereas it was subsequently fully repaired I understand the gun was never fired - although the ship in question briefly returned to active service before decommissioning?

Was it one of the 4 ships in this class?

Answer 1

1- four Iowa class battleships were built. Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin. Illinois and Kentucky were never built.

2 - Iowa class battle ships were built to the same design.

3 - 33 knots normal 35 knots full speed.
9 × 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns
20 × 5 in (127 mm) 38 cal. Mark 12 guns
80 × 40 mm 56 cal. anti-aircraft guns
49 × 20 mm 70 cal. anti-aircraft guns

4 - none of the Iowa class were commisioned before peal harbour.

5 - none of this class was sunk during ww2.

6 - Yes during world war two. 3 × Vought OS2U Kingfisher/Curtiss SC Seahawk

7 - The underwater armor includes side protection and a triple bottom, both multi-layered systems designed to absorb the energy from an underwater explosion equivalent to 700 pounds of TNT — the Navy's best guess in the 1930s about Japanese weapons. But unbeknownst to U.S. Naval Intelligence, the Japanese 24-inch-diameter "Long Lance" torpedo, carried a charge equivalent to 891 pounds of TNT.

The Iowa-class torpedo defense is virtually the same as the South Dakota's. Each side of the ship is protected by one tank mounted outside the hull and loaded with fuel oil or other liquid ballast, and an empty inboard tank, all running from the third deck to the bottom of the ship. The liquid tanks are to deform and absorb the shock from the explosion and contain most of the shards from the damaged structure. The inner void is expected to contain any leakage into the interior ship spaces. The armor belt is designed to stop fragments that penetrate the second torpedo bulkhead; however, tests in 1943 showed structural defects in the system

8 - Although BB-64, BB-65 and BB-66 were originally to be large ships it was decided to build all ships to the same design.

9 - 2,700 officers and men.

10 -USS Iowa is currently berthed at Suisun Bay in San Francisco, California, pending a decision on requests to turn the ship into a museum ship
USS New Jersey is currently berthed at the Home Port Alliance of Camden, New Jersey, for use as a museum ship.
USS Missouri is currently berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for use as a museum ship.
USS Wisconsin is currently berthed in Norfolk, Virginia, pending a formal transfer of the battleship for use as a museum ship.

Answer 2

There were four completed Iowa class super or fast battleships. The USS Iowa, USS Missouri, USS New Jersey and USS Wisconsin. These four ships have seen action in several was police actions and other types of conflict. There were to be two more of this class the USS Illinois, and the USS Kentucky. The hull of the USS Illinois was towed at almost 75% complete from the ship yard and put in mothballs for possible later completion. This hull was later sold as scrap and was broken up in the 1950's. The USS Kentucky was never laid down.

Answer 3

1)There were four ships of the Iowa class built: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin. There were two additional ships (Kentucky and Illinois) that were cancelled incomplete.

2)The Iowa were of identical design.

3)The rated speed of the Iowa's was 33kts. Each had 9 16inch/45 main guns, firing a 2700lb round to a distance of over 20 miles.

4)none of the Iowas were in commission at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.

5)none of the Iowas were sunk.

6)each battleship were fitted with catapult were seaplanes, to act of scouts for the battleship. In the 1980's the battleships had flight decks in place of the catapults, for SH-60 helicopters.

7)In the 1980's each battleship had their own battlegroup, with escorting cruisers, destroyers, and frigates.

8)The Japanese Yamato and Musashi were the only battleships that larger than the Iowas. The Japanese dreadnought had a displacement of over 60,000 tons and were armed with 18inch main guns.

9)over 2000 men

10)None of the Iowas are currently in commission.
USS Missouri is a memorial in Pearl Harbor. USS Iowa is currently in mothballs at Suisan Bay, California. I am not sure of the condition of USS New Jersey and USS Wisconsin.

Answer 4

RE:
The USS Missouri ..& here Sister ships......how many were there ?
I understand the USS Missori, albeit the US Navy warship the Japanese signed the WW 11 Pacific Surrender, had sister ships?

As a foreign national my questions needing clarifications are:

1) How many were built, what did they weigh, where were they built? and their names?

2) Were they...

Answer 5

A short update on USS Iowa BB61. She is now in the mothball fleet in Binicia, California. She is slated to be moved to Mare Island in Vallejo, California as a museum ship. San Francisco rejected having the ship. Vallejo decided to bring her to the first Navy shipyard on the west coast, Mare Island. It was quit a trip to tow her to the left coast. Check it out at:

http://battleshipiowa.org/

Answer 6

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Had they been able to get close enough to exchange salvo for salvo it would have been pretty even, but there were too many factors to determine who actually would have won The main fact boils down to the ships captains orders, the German Captain's orders had been to get home to German without facing the Royal. Had the US been in the war at the time and the Missouri in service and involve in the Search for the Bismark the Captains order would have been to destroy thr Bismark Chetak

Answer 7

Iowa Class Battleships

Answer 8

The New Jersey fired war shots as late as the Gulf War, creating a service record of over 50 years, unequalled in military history for a battleship.

Answer 9

Avast! what a long question this one be. I must claim ignorance to the details of this wonderful vessel. But me land yacht is of the roadmaster estate wagon class. It weighs nearly 2 tons and can travel at nearly 120 miles per hour without her cargo or cannons (though I rarely run her this way.) When you see her coming hide yer women and children!

Answer 10

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