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Originally Posted by Woof1701
IMPRESSIVE! 
Unfortunately the Iowa class wasn't used in WW2 Altantic Theatre. Nevertheless the work is great! |
Sorry this is no correct.
The Iowa (BB-61) was laid down at New York Navy Yard, 27 June 1940; launched 27 August 1942; and commissioned 22 February 1943, Capt. John L. McCrea in command.
On 24 February, Iowa put to sea for shakedown In Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic coast. She got underway, 27 August for Argentia. Newfoundland to neutralize the threat of German battleship Tirpitz which was reportedly operating In Norwegian waters.
In the fall, Iowa carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Casablanca, French Morocco, on the first leg of his journey to the Teheran Conference in November. After the conference she returned the President to the United States. As flagship of Battleship Division 7, Iowa departed the United States 2 January 1944 for the Pacific Theatre and her combat debut in the campaign for the Marshalls. From 29 January to 3 February, she supported carrier air strikes made by Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman's task group against Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands
So.....since the Iowa was employed in the Atlantic theatre from febraury 1943 to January 1944 with cruises along the artic sea till Norway and in North Africa (Casablanca ) we could draw it in the Atlantic Campaign too!
