Battleship USS Iowa
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Battleship USS Iowa is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Fletcher stands 454 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fishing Industry Memorial Statue, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. During World War II, she once carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Mers El Kébir, Algeria, en route to a conference of vital importance in 1943 in Tehran with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom and Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. When transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Iowa shelled beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok in advance of Allied amphibious landings and screened aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. During the Korean War, Iowa was involved in raids on the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets. She was reactivated in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan and operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to counter the recently expanded Soviet Navy. In April 1989, an explosion of undetermined origin wrecked her No. 2 gun turret, killing 47 sailors. Iowa was decommissioned for the last time in October 1990 after 19 total years of active service, and was initially stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995, before being reinstated from 1999 to 2006 to comply with federal laws that required retention and maintenance of two Iowa-class battleships. In 2011, Iowa was donated to the Los Angeles–based nonprofit 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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How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fishing Industry Memorial Statue: 0.2 mi
- Jabob's Ladder: 0.2 mi
- Ghost Fish: 0.7 mi
- Victory Arch: 1.4 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 2.2 mi
- John S Gibson Junior Park: 0.2 mi
- San Pedro Plaza Park: 0.6 mi
- Los Angeles Sister Cities Plaza: 0.9 mi
- 22nd Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Bandini Park: 1.1 mi
- Liberty Hill: 0.2 mi
- American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Terminal Island Japanese Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Timms' Point and Landing: 1.0 mi
- Battery Merriam: 2.2 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 1.4 mi
- She-Oak Meadow: 4.6 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 4.8 mi
- Desert Garden: 4.9 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 1.5 mi
- The Graben: 4.5 mi
- The Queen Mary Ship: 5.1 mi
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Finish Line: 5.4 mi
- Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium: 5.5 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 2.3 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 2.3 mi
- Banning Residence Museum: 3.5 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 3.5 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 4.6 mi
- Least Tern Site: 2.4 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Gull Park: 3.3 mi
- George F Canyon Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 3.9 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 3.4 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 5.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.7 mi
- Landing Hill: 10.5 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 20.0 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 2.2 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 3.2 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 6.5 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 8.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 9.1 mi
- Day Camp: 8.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 9.1 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Common Grounds: 18.0 mi
- Washout Falls: 21.0 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 21.0 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 21.0 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 21.1 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 3.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 21.7 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battleship USS Iowa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | SSW 195° | 454 m | 24.3 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | W 274° | 449 m | 3.4 mi |
| Workman Hill | NE 42° | 424 m | 23.3 mi |
| Ridgecrest Hill | WNW 285° | 402 m | 5.9 mi |
| Whittier Hill | NE 40° | 384 m | 23.5 mi |
| Montebello Hills | NNE 28° | 172 m | 22.5 mi |
| West Coyote Hills | ENE 57° | 164 m | 20.6 mi |
| West Coyote Hills | ENE 59° | 162 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Long Beach · 8 mi
- Seal Beach · 10 mi
- Compton · 11 mi
- Gardena · 11 mi
- Lakewood · 11 mi
- Bellflower · 13 mi
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