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US Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) – 1984/1989 Configuration
Scale: 1/400
Skill Level: difficult
Length: 680 mm (26.77 inch)
A new edition of the JSC classic: The legendary US battleship USS Iowa depicted in her modernized 1980s Cold War configuration—a nicely detailed, rewarding project for experienced scale modelers.
With this new edition, JSC presents the lead ship of the US Navy's most famous battleship class. Rather than representing her World War II fit, the kit accurately depicts the vessel in her distinctive late Cold War refit configuration (1984/1989).
The kit offers rich, satisfying detailing throughout. Alongside the iconic 16-inch triple turrets, the model features the modern weapon fits added during her 1980s reactivation, including Tomahawk armored box launchers, Harpoon canisters, and Phalanx CIWS mounts. With its intricate superstructure and extensive details, this kit is well suited for experienced modelers looking to construct an imposing warship centerpiece.
| Product type | Papermodel |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | JSC |
| Scale | 1/400 |
| Difficulty | difficult |
| Sheet size | DIN A4 |
| Sheets | 17 |
| Parts | 1230 |
| Parts without alternative parts | 985 |
| Length | 680 mm (26.77 inch) |
| Bauanleitung | English, Polish, Pictures |
Technical data:
- Type: Fast Battleship (Iowa class lead ship, modernized 1984/1989 refit)
- Shipyard: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, USA
- Laid down: 27 June 1940
- Launched: 27 August 1942
- First commissioned: 22 February 1943
- Recommissioned (Modernized): 28 April 1984
- Decommissioned: 26 October 1990 (currently museum ship in Los Angeles)
- Displacement: approx. 45,000 long tons (standard) / approx. 57,500 long tons (full load, 1980s)
- Length overall: 270.4 m (887 ft 2 in)
- Beam: 32.98 m (108 ft 2 in, Panamax)
- Draught: max. 11.5 m (38 ft)
- Propulsion: 8 Babcock & Wilcox steam boilers, 4 General Electric geared turbines, 4 shafts
- Power output: 212,000 shp
- Top speed: approx. 33 knots
- Complement (1980s): approx. 1,500 officers and enlisted
- 9 x 16-inch (406 mm) / 50 cal Mark 7 guns (3 x triple turrets)
- 12 x 5-inch (127 mm) / 38 cal Mark 12 dual-purpose guns (6 x twin mounts)
- 32 x BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles (8 x quadruple Armored Box Launchers)
- 16 x RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (4 x quadruple canister mounts)
- 4 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS point-defence mounts
USS Iowa (BB-61) was launched in 1942 as the lead vessel of the final, fastest, and most advanced class of battleships built for the United States Navy. After seeing extensive combat in World War II—including carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to the Tehran Conference—and service in the Korean War, she was placed into reserve. In the 1980s, under the 600-Ship Navy program, Iowa was brought back into service: fully modernized with advanced radar, electronic warfare systems, and long-range cruise missiles, she was recommissioned in 1984.
Following a catastrophic turret explosion in Turm 2 in April 1989 and the winding down of the Cold War, Iowa was decommissioned for the final time in 1990. Notably, the historic dreadnought survives to this day. Saved from the scrapper's torch, she opened in 2012 as an interactive museum ship at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, preserving the legacy of the big-gun era for future generations.