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.

USS IOWA BATTLESHIP NO. 4
Commissioned June 16 1897 - Decommissioned June 30 1903
Recommissioned December 23 1903 - Decommissioned July 23 1908
Recommissioned May 2 1910 - Decommissioned May 23 1914
Recommissioned April 23 1917 - Decommissioned March 31 1919
(ex USS IOWA) COASTAL BATTLESHIP NO. 4
Renamed April 30 1919 after decommissioning
(ex USS IOWA) COASTAL BATTLESHIP IX-6
Reclassified (IX) July 21 1921 and used as Radio Controlled Target Ship
Sunk as target by USS Mississippi BB-41 in the Gulf of Panama, March 23 1923

Struck from Naval Register March 27 1923

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1910-11)

Postmarks

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

Post office established May 13 1910 - Disestablished May 23 1914

Locy Type
1u(C)

1910-07-15
to
1910-07-24

As BB-4

Post office reestablished January 23 1918 - Disestablished September 15 1919

Non-posted

No Image

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 been 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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