1907 USS IOWA BB-4 Naval Cover Battleship Postcard

Description: 1907 USS IOWA BB-4 Naval Cover Battleship PostcardIt was sent 24 Feb 1907. It was franked with stamp "Franklin". It was sent from to Shelburne Falls, Mass.This post card is in good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement.Member USCS #10385 (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memorabilia, etc. I also offer approvals service with FREE SHIPPING to repeat USA customers.USS Iowa (BB-4), a 11,410-ton battleship built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in June 1897. She operated along the Atlantic seaboard for the rest of that year and into 1898. During the Spanish-American War USS Iowa (BB-4) served off Cuba and on 3 July 1898 played an important role in the Battle of Santiago, an action that destroyed Spain's naval power in the Western Hemisphere. In October of that year, a few months after the conflict's end, the battleship was sent around South America to join the Pacific Squadron. USS Iowa (BB-4) served along the West Coast until February 1902, when she began a year with the South Atlantic Squadron. USS Iowa (BB-4)'s return to the U.S. Atlantic Coast in early 1903 was followed by an overhaul and, from late 1903 until mid-1907, active service with the North Atlantic Fleet. She was then placed in reserve, recommissioning in May 1910 after a modernization that gave her a new "cage" mainmast. The next four years were spent on training service, including taking Naval Academy Midshipmen to European waters . Again out of commission from May 1914 until April 1917, USS Iowa (BB-4) was employed during the First World War as Receiving Ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and as a training and guard ship in the Chesapeake Bay region. Decommissioned at the end of March 1919, the now thoroughly-obsolete USS Iowa (BB-4) was renamed Coast Battleship No. 4 a month later in order to free her name for use on the new South Dakota class battleship BB-53. In 1920 the old warrior was converted to the Navy's pioneer radio-controlled target ship. While serving in this role, USS Iowa (BB-4) was sunk by the guns of USS Mississippi in March 1923.

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