| USS Iowa (BB-61) |
| 80-G-K-13507 (Color) -- Being prepared for launching, at the New York Navy Yard, NY, circa late August 1942. |
| Note: heavy chains used to brake the ship after she had entered the water; and men lounging at lower right, near a Navy Department safety poster, listening to a Marine Corps band. |
| Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. |
| Naval Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images of USS Iowa |
