San Pedro, CA (PRWEB) June 24, 2021 The National Museum of the Surface Navy, founded aboard Battleship USS Iowa and scheduled to open in 2025, today named
Obscure Bay Area: Once a sign of military strength, the eerie Suisun ghost fleet has disappeared
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There were once 340 warships.
Standing proud on the water in Suisun Bay, ready to head out and protect the country in a time of national emergency.
But there they sat, unmoved for decades, a floating phalanx on the horizon rusting into the bay, catching passing motorists eye on 680.
The National Defense Reserve Fleet program started in 1946 at the end of World War II. At the time the Navy had a huge surplus of vessels from the war, and Suisun Bay became one of eight places around the coast where the warships were anchored.
Today, the massive USS
Iowa (BB-61) calls the Port of Los Angeles home, where she is a museum ship and serves as a testament to the might of the United States Navy from World War II to the end of the Cold War.
The largest and most powerful battleships built for the U.S. Navy, the
Iowa-class were also the final battleships that entered service with the Navy.
Unlike slower battleships of the era, this class was also designed to travel with a carrier force, and even be able to transit the Panama Canal, enabling the mighty warships to respond to threats around the world.
National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship Iowa Names Terry Branstad National Campaign Co-Chair
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Former United States Ambassador to China and Governor of Iowa Will Broaden National Awareness and Support for the Nation’s First Museum Dedicated to the Surface Navy
My role as ambassador to China has given me first-hand knowledge of the impact that freedom of navigation plays in international relations and the critical role of the Surface Navy in protecting and assuring the security of the sea lanes for international trade. SAN PEDRO, Calif. (PRWEB) February 23, 2021 The National Museum of the Surface Navy, founded aboard Battleship USS Iowa and scheduled to open in 2025 as the nation’s first museum dedicated to America’s Surface Navy, today announced the naming of former United States ambassador and governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad, as National Campaign Co-Chair. Branstad will join a p