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Battleship USS IOWA
Battleship that once ferried a wartime president across the Atlantic, now a floating museum.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Battleship USS Iowa, docked in Los Angeles, relives November 14, 1943, when a torpedo fired by mistake by the escorting destroyer William D. Porter raced toward the ship carrying a secretly traveling President Franklin Roosevelt. It follows the scramble to dodge the wake and the aftermath: the Porter's entire crew placed under arrest, a first in Navy history, and the joking warning that spread through the fleet for months afterward.
This audio guide was created using AI.