USS Iowa coloring page

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Today's new drawing is unique because it was drawn in church

by both myself and my 7-year-old grandson.

It is a rather simple drawing of the battleship the 

USS Iowa. 

USS Iowa

This is a simplified drawing of the USS Iowa United States battleship.  The ship in the drawing was done rather quickly by myself at church at the request of my 7-year-old grandson.  It is not in great detail and it is not precisely accurate.  But it DOES look somewhat like the Iowa battleship.  My grandson drew the ocean. I drew the animals and the bubbles under the sea. 

The USS Iowa was a large battleship of the World War II era.  It was a 45,000-ton ship that was commissioned in 1943.  It has a main battery of 9 16-inch guns.  The main guns had a range of over 22 nautical miles.  The Iowa had a secondary battery of 20 5-inch guns.  These smaller guns had a range of 12 nautical miles. 

The Iowa now is a museum ship in the Los Angeles Harbor. 

The animals below the ship are a sperm whale and a shark.  An adult sperm whale is around 52 feet long and weighs up to 90,000 lbs.  The largest sperm whale ever documented was 79 feet long! Sperm whales can dive to a depth of 10,000 feet or 3058 meters.  In comparison, a regular navy submarine can only dive to around 800 feet.  Sperm whales usually dive less than 2000 feet but it is amazing that they CAN go to 10,000 feet.  That depth would crush most subs into goo.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled Vehicles and Military Vehicles.  Then, if you are accessing this site in early 2025 you will find the title of this drawing at the bottom of the drop-down menu or list of drawings.  I will probably draw this ship again in more accurate detail.