USS Iowa

USS Iowa may refer to several vessels:

U.S. military vessels

Non-military vessels named Iowa

  • A stern-wheel rafter/packet named Iowa plied the Mississippi River from 1865–1900.[1]
  • A stern-wheel towboat named Iowa operated in the Mississippi River from 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named Iowa also existed from 1932–1956.[2]
  • An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th century.[3]
  • In 1898 an excursion steamboat named Iowa was launched in Independence, Iowa, after several years as a popular attraction, it was carried over the Independence dam by high water and was demolished.[4]

References

  1. "UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
  2. "UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs".
  3. US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34. 1881. p. 269.
  4. Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell (1914). History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1. pp. 590–591.
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