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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4046908" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>They were actually well-suited for the job of lobbing Tomahawks because of their huge reserve of buoyancy. It allowed them to carry (and launch) more cruise missiles than anything else the Navy had, with the possible exception of the boomers. Ryan Szimanski, curator of the Battleship New Jersey Museum, covered this in a video on the Battleship's YouTube channel.</p><p></p><p>The Iowas were basically obsolete for naval warfare, but they were hell on wheels (wait, can you say that about a ship?) for shore bombardment. I think the biggest problems the Iowas had were that they were labor- and cash-intensive to operate, plus they were approaching 60 years old when they were finally stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 4046908, member: 26737"] They were actually well-suited for the job of lobbing Tomahawks because of their huge reserve of buoyancy. It allowed them to carry (and launch) more cruise missiles than anything else the Navy had, with the possible exception of the boomers. Ryan Szimanski, curator of the Battleship New Jersey Museum, covered this in a video on the Battleship's YouTube channel. The Iowas were basically obsolete for naval warfare, but they were hell on wheels (wait, can you say that about a ship?) for shore bombardment. I think the biggest problems the Iowas had were that they were labor- and cash-intensive to operate, plus they were approaching 60 years old when they were finally stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. [/QUOTE]
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