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Do you think maybe he's compensating for something? (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 OP
A complete lack of substance and ignorance of world affairs, maybe. Orsino Sep 2015 #1
Why is the US Navy subsidizing his campaign? GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #2
It isn't part of the Navy any more. underpants Sep 2015 #3
+1. I guess they are lobbying for war, and of course, a bigger war budget. Hoyt Sep 2015 #4

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3. It isn't part of the Navy any more.
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 11:49 AM
Sep 2015

Iowa was decommissioned for the last time in the year 1990, and was initially stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995. She was reinstated from 1999 to 2006 to comply with federal laws that required retention and maintenance of two Iowa-class battleships. In 2011 USS Iowa was donated to the Los Angeles–based non-profit Pacific Battleship Center and was permanently moved to Berth 87 at the Port of Los Angeles in 2012, where she was opened to the public as the USS Iowa Museum.

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