{{Italic title prefixed|3}} '''USS ''Iowa''''' may refer to several vessels: {{TOC right}} ==U.S. military vessels== ===Vessels named USS ''Iowa''=== * {{USS|Iowa|BB-4}}, a battleship that saw action during the Spanish–American War * {{USS|Iowa|BB-53}}, a battleship already under construction when she was canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty * {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}}, the lead ship of the {{sclass|Iowa|battleship|2}} that saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War * {{USS|Iowa|SSN-797}}, a {{sclass|Virginia|submarine}} commissioned on 5 April 2025.
===Other vessels=== * {{ship||Iowa|steamboat}}, 1838, a Mississippi River boat that transported troops during the American Civil War * {{USS|Ammonoosuc|1864}}, a monitor that was never commissioned and was renamed ''Iowa'' before being sold * USS ''Iowan'' (ID-3002), 1914 cargo ship used by the U.S. Navy in World War I for cargo and troop transport.
==Non-military vessels named ''Iowa''== * ''Maid of Iowa'', 1842 steamboat * A stern-wheel rafter/packet named ''Iowa'' plied the Mississippi River from 1865–1900.<ref>{{cite web|title=UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs|url=http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/}}</ref> * A stern-wheel towboat named ''Iowa'' operated in the Mississippi River from 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named ''Iowa'' also existed from 1932–1956.<ref>{{cite web|title=UW La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs|url=http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/}}</ref> * An ocean-going steamer named ''Iowa'' was in use in the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=US Dept. of Ag. Special report, Issue 34|year=1881|pages=269}}</ref> * 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell|title=History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1|year=1914|pages=590–591}}</ref>
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