Phalanx System - Barrels Close-Up
Automated system designed to shoot down incoming missiles. It's also effective against aircraft and helicopters approaching within range. Added to the Iowa when she was returned to service in 1984.
Beyond the Phalanx system barrels is a Mark 37 Director. Optical and radar equipment in the rotating Mark 37 director was used to aim the 5-Inch (127 mm) guns.
US Battleship Iowa, a museum ship in the Port of Los Angeles, California. This battleship was launched in 1942, saw service in World War II, the Korean War and the later stages of the Cold War. She has been at this location as a museum ship since 2011. Visit of June 18, 2015.
Phalanx System - Barrels Close-Up
Automated system designed to shoot down incoming missiles. It's also effective against aircraft and helicopters approaching within range. Added to the Iowa when she was returned to service in 1984.
Beyond the Phalanx system barrels is a Mark 37 Director. Optical and radar equipment in the rotating Mark 37 director was used to aim the 5-Inch (127 mm) guns.
US Battleship Iowa, a museum ship in the Port of Los Angeles, California. This battleship was launched in 1942, saw service in World War II, the Korean War and the later stages of the Cold War. She has been at this location as a museum ship since 2011. Visit of June 18, 2015.