Plan Announced To Designate USS Iowa Battleship as National Museum

Plan Announced To Designate USS Iowa Battleship as National Museum
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a speech aboard the World War II Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro, Calif., on Sept. 15, 2015. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN PEDRO, Calif. (CNS)—Federal legislation was introduced on Sept. 24 to designate the Battleship USS Iowa Museum in San Pedro as the National Museum of the Surface Navy.

“This resolution honors the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the surface forces of the United States by designating this museum as a monument to their sacrifice,” said Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-San Pedro), who introduced the measure with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

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