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Iowa Class Battleship Collectible Plaques

We are offering Limited Edition pieces of Navy History Collectibles - 12" x 15" inch wooden plaques featuring a 1:100 scale replica of the 16" inch guns made from Authentic Metal of the original replacement guns from four Iowa Class Battleships.

Each Plaque includes the official Navy Seal, an 8" x 6" inch laminated color photograph of the Ship, with Battle Ribbons and Citations superimposed on the photograph, a 1:100 scale replica of the Naval Ordinance cast from the original replacement guns and a Plate with Ship name, Launch date and the Wars the Battleship served in. The plaque also includes the number of the plaque in the lower corner. Find plaques for the U.S.S. New Jersey, U.S.S. Iowa, U.S.S. Wisconsin, and the U.S.S. Missouri.

The History of the Guns

These very unique pieces of Naval History are actual metal of the 16" inch ordinance guns that were used and removed from Iowa class Battleships for reconditioning and placed into ready storage at the Long Beach Naval Base. Then the Navy decided to retire the Iowa class Battleships and the guns were made available for surplus bidding. Fortunately, six of these guns were recognized for their historic importance and shipped to New Castle, PA for smelting into meomorabilia replicas now available with these Limited Edition plaques.