Battleship IOWA Guided Gun Tour with Self-Guided Experience

Explore Battleship IOWA with a 2.5-hour guided gun tour plus a 2-hour self-guided historic battleship visit.

Getting started

Enter Battleship IOWA using your included admission and make your way on board to begin your visit. After check-in, you join a crew member who leads the guided portion of your experience. Once the guided gun tour finishes, you continue exploring on your own during the self-guided battleship visit for the remaining time.

What to expect

Battleship IOWA

This experience focuses on the firepower and daily life aboard Battleship IOWA from World War II through the Cold War. Across a total of 4.5 hours, you combine a structured behind-the-scenes route with time to explore key areas at your own pace.

Features

• Your guided gun tour, 2.5 hours
  A crew member leads this in-depth, 2.5-hour guided gun tour that covers the ship’s guns, turrets, and fire-control systems. Along the way, you hear stories of courage, innovation, and daily life aboard from a member of the current crew.

• Access inside 16-inch gun turret
  During the guided route, you walk inside one of Battleship IOWA’s massive 16-inch gun turrets, among the most powerful naval gun systems still in existence today. This guided access to guns and fire-control takes you into normally behind-the-scenes spaces used to operate the ship’s main batteries.

• Guided access to guns and fire-control
  The guided access to guns and fire-control shows how the ship’s weapons were aimed and managed from WWII through the Cold War. You explore the equipment and positions that controlled the big guns and connect what you see with real actions taken during service.

• Self-guided battleship visit, 2 hours
  After the guided portion, a 2-hour self-guided battleship visit lets you move around Battleship IOWA at your own pace. You use this time to revisit sections that interested you during the tour or focus on areas of the historic battleship you want to see in more detail.