The battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) lies tied up for post-deployment maintenance at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The IOWS's SPS-49 air search radar and other antennas have been removed in anticipation of the ship's deactivation, which is scheduled for October 1990

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The battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) lies tied up for post-deployment maintenance at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The IOWS's SPS-49 air search radar and other antennas have been removed in anticipation of the ship's deactivation, which is scheduled for October 1990

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Portsmouth

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.)

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

16/04/1990

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The U.S. National Archives

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