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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
USS Iowa
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

USS Iowa

Artifact IDMO 2007.12
Object Type Model, Instructional
Maker (founded 1919)
Dateca. 1943
Mediumwood, paint, metal
Dimensionsoverall H 3 3/4 in x W 22 in x D 3 in (9.5 cm x 55.9 cm x 7.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionA recognition model of the battleship, USS IOWA. The wooden ship is painted gray and has a single mast at the center. The model is fixed to a light blue painted wood base on the underside of which is stamped: IOWA. Rising from one side of the base is an inscribed metal plaque: U.S.S. IOWA – F.D.R. CHESAPEAKE BAY / TO ORAN AND RETURN FROM DAKAR / NOV. – DEC. 1943.
Historical NoteThis is one of the recognition/teaching models produced for the U.S. Navy during World War II by the Comet Metal Products Co., Inc. of Richmond Hill, New York. Models like this one were used to teach ship recognition to naval personnel. It was designed to slide into a portable storage box that would also have contained other similar models.
Additional Details
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesShip Models (National Archives Identifier 782457)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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