Visit the Battleship USS Iowa Museum at the Los Angeles Waterfront for a unique interactive family experience.
The Battleship IOWA Museum is a Top 10 regional attraction and rated one of the \"Best Cool Exhibits to See With Your Kids\" by CBS Los Angeles .Your self-guided adventure highlights life at sea for thousands of sailors over the past 70 years, while interacting with numerous exhibits through the National Battleship Museum and using our state of the art interactive tour app.
Children can follow our clever mascot dog named Victory on a popular scavenger hunt. Known as the Battleship of Presidents, USS Iowa is located at the former home to the US Navy pacific fleet and an area rich in maritime history.
YOUR BATTLESHIP IOWA MUSEUM TOUR EXPERIENCE
UTILIZING OUR STATE OF THE ART INTERACTIVE TOUR APP, YOUR JOURNEY WILL FOLLOW IN THE FOOT STEPS OF THREE GENERATIONS OF SAILORS - WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, AND THE COLD WAR. ALONG YOUR JOURNEY YOU WILL SEE VIDEOS, HEAR STORIES, AND INTERACT WITH NAVY VETERANS TO HEAR THERE VERY OWN STORIES. EXPERIENCE AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM FIRST HAND AT THE BATTLESHIP IOWA MUSEUM. DOWNLOAD THE INTERACTIVE MOBILE TOUR APP TO FULLY EXPERIENCE THE MUSEUM, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PRIOR TO VISITING OR WITH OUR FREE WI-FI ON BOARD. THIS APP IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF YOUR ADMISSION AND INCLUDE TOURS, AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES, AND MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
YOU COULD SPEND DAYS ABOARD THE IOWA AND STILL NOT LEARN EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE BASIC FACTS AND STORIES ABOUT THE BATTLESHIP THAT EVERYONE SHOULD UNDERSTAND. THIS TOUR OFFERS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ABOARD THE SHIP THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE IOWA’S NATIONWIDE RENOWN. YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT WHAT MADE THE 16IN GUNS SO IMPRESSIVE; HOW MANY COMMISSIONS THE IOWA EMBARKED UPON; WHAT INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED A PRESIDENT’S DEMISE; WHY THE IOWA IS ONE OF VERY FEW SHIPS TO HAVE A BATHTUB ON BOARD; AND WHEN AND WHERE ONE OF THE MOST CATASTROPHIC EVENTS IN US NAVY HISTORY FELL UPON THE SHIP. GET READY FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE VOYAGE.
NEW RECRUITS TOUR
LISTEN UP SAILOR! AS A NEWBIE, THERE’S A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE ON A BATTLESHIP. LUCKY FOR YOU, THIS TOUR SERVES AS YOUR ‘NEW RECRUIT ORIENTATION’ AND WILL FILL YOU IN ON EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR NAVY CAREER OFF RIGHT. BY THE TIME YOU REACH THE END, YOU’LL BE UP TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING FROM THE PROPER WAY TO BOARD A SHIP TO THE REASON FOR THOSE FUNNY WHITE HATS. WELCOME ABOARD NEWBIE. WITH THIS TOUR, YOU’LL BE UP-TO-SNUFF IN NO TIME.
THE CITY AT SEA TOUR
WELCOME TO THE USS IOWA SAILOR! THIS TOUR WILL TEACH YOU ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT WHILE ON BOARD THIS TOP OF THE LINE BATTLESHIP. NOT ONLY WILL YOU LEARN ABOUT HOW TO SPEAK IN ORDER TO FIT IN WITH THE REST OF YOUR CREW, BUT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT YOUR DUTIES, WHERE YOU WILL SLEEP AND EAT, AS WELL AS PLACES TO BLOW OFF STEAM ON THIS VESSEL. BY THE END OF THIS TOUR YOU SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SET SAIL!
THE IOWA\'S WEAPONS TOUR
ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS ABOUT THE IOWA IS HER FIREPOWER. THROUGHOUT THIS TOUR YOU WILL LEARN THE IN’S AND OUT’S OF THE SHIP’S WEAPONS SYSTEMS, FROM ITS 16 INCH, 50 CALIBER GUNS, TO ITS HIGHLY ADVANCED TOMAHAWK MISSILE SYSTEM.
THE IOWA THROUGH TIME TOUR
THE “IOWA THROUGH TIME” TOUR WILL TAKE YOU ON A CHRONOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE BATTLESHIP’S THREE COMMISSIONS. STARTING WITH THE IOWA’S FIRST COMMISSION, WHICH LASTED THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR II, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE WEAPONS THE SHIP WAS OUTFITTED WITH, AS WELL AS STORIES SURROUNDING ITS FAMOUS TRANSPORT OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. MOVING THROUGHOUT THE SHIP, YOU WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE IOWA THAT MADE HER MORE EFFECTIVE IN HER SECOND COMMISSION, IN KOREA, AND HER THIRD, COUNTERING THE SOVIET UNION DURING THE COLD WAR. THIS TOUR WILL TAKE YOU THROUGHOUT THE SHIP, AND IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, IN ORDER TO LEARN A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE VESSEL.
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