| Date |
Event |
| 27 June 1940 |
Keel Laid |
| 27 August 1942 |
Launched |
| 22 February 1943 |
Commissioned |
| 27 August 1943 |
Atlantic Duty, Newfoundland |
| 13 November 1943 |
Transported FDR to Teheran Conferences |
| 2 January 1944 |
Pacific Operations |
| 16 February 1944 |
Raided Truk, sunk Japanese Cruiser & Destroyer |
| 29 August 1945 |
Entered Tokyo Bay |
| 24 March 1949 |
Decommissioned |
| 25 August 1950 |
Recommissioned for Korean Operations |
| October 1952 |
Returned to USA for Overhaul |
| July1953 |
Northern Europe with NATO |
| June 1954 |
Midshipman training, rendezvous with the other three Iowas
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. |
| 1954, 1955 |
Mediterranean, serving with Sixth Fleet. |
| December 1955 |
Regunned for the first time. |
| 1956,1957 |
Atlantic Operations |
| 24 February 1958 |
Decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| 24 April 1984 |
Recommissioned |
| 4 July 1986 |
Flagship of Naval Review for Statue of Liberty Centennial |
| September 1987 |
Mediterranean Sea Operations |
| November 1987 |
Straight of Hormuz |
| February 1988 |
Began return trip to USA |
| 19 April 1989 |
Turret explosion during training, 47 lives lost |
| 7 June 1989 |
Deployed to Northern Europe, Sixth Fleet Flagship |
| 26 October 1990 |
Decommissioned |
| 12 January 1995 |
Stricken from Navy roster, disposition pending |
