Having the U. S. S. Iowa will be great, but I would have loved it more if it were the U. S. S. Missouri.
They put the Missouri next to the Arizona, the two ships representing the beginning and end of WWII (Arizona was sunk in the sneak attack which began the war, the surrender that ended the war was signed on the deck of the Missouri).
Which begs the question: where are Wisconsin and New Jersey, the other two battleships? Scrapped?
Wife and I toured the Missouri at Pearl Harbor two years ago. The mighty ship had just been in dry dock and sported fresh paint everywhere.
The dining area was set with the ship’s china and looked as if the officers were just minutes away from sitting down for chow.