Aft Turret 3 Sun Down USS Iowa Battleship

Aft Turret 3 Sun Down USS Iowa Battleship.... more

by Thomas Woolworth

Title

Aft Turret 3 Sun Down USS Iowa Battleship

Artist

Thomas Woolworth

Medium

Photograph - Photography - Digitally Enhanced

Description

Aft Turret 3 Sun Down USS Iowa Battleship.

The U.S.S. Iowa is on display at the Pacific Battleship Center 250 South Harbor Blvd. San Pedro, California.

This is just one photograph in my Iowa Battleship series, additional Battleship photographs can be found in my FAA Iowa Battleship gallery.

Commissioned:February 22, 1943
Decommissioned:October 26, 1990

Class & type: Iowa-class battleship
Displacement:45,000 tons
Length:887 ft 3 in
Beam:108 ft 2 in
Draft:37 ft 2 in
Speed:33 kn, 38 mph
Complement:151 officers, 2637 enlisted

Armament 1943:
9x16 in (406 mm)/50 cal Mark 7 guns
20x5 in (127.0 mm)/38 cal Mark 12 guns
80x40 mm/56 cal anti-aircraft guns
49x20 mm/70 cal anti-aircraft cannons
Armament 1984:
9x16 in (406 mm)/50 cal Mark 7 guns
12x5 in (127.0 mm)/38 cal Mark 12 guns
32xBGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles
16xRGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles
4x20 mm/76 cal Phalanx CIWS

Aircraft carried:floatplanes, helicopters, UAVs
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Note: If an image has the FAA watermark in the lower right hand corner it will NOT appear on any print you purchase.

From my eyes, through the view finder to the click of the shutter. I hope you enjoy these moments in time that have been captured.

Stop by and check out some of my other Photographic artwork on Fine Art America.
With over 150+ Virtual Photographic Galleries by Thomas Woolworth on Fine Art America you will find many subjects of personal interest.

Also on my FAA site you can explore over a twenty Photographic Series including: Walt Disney World, Disneyland Park, The Photo Art series, Holiday Snowmen series, Queen Mary Ocean Liner series, Hot Air Balloons series, The Butterfly series, The Firemen series, An aerial series of the Chicago land area, Chicago sports series, The Holiday series and The Route 66 series to name just a few.

Photographer (1977), Digital Artist and Owner V'CAD Support (since 1987).
email:Tom510@aol.com

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February 19th, 2014