European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Crew of the Iowa stands tall under la tha of of the battleship s 16-Inch guns of lev a ble ship makes a Goodwill Stop on itt it cent it of Northern european Waters. Page 14 the stars and stripes showpiece gunboat deterrent to or pretty but useless appendix to the ? a battleship in peacetime lace troublesome identity crisis and therecer recommissioned Iowa is no exception. The Iowa is the second Behemoth to lumber out c Mothballs and onto the Navy s Center stage. The n Jersey was no. 1. But it ran into unfavourable Levtow Lor its performance in shelling fortifications in Lebair a combination of degraded world War ii propellant and the Lack of on site target spotters reportedly resulted in shells Landing in wrong places. But the Iowa redeemed the battleship s reputation k tests observed by congressional investigators at the Navy s gunnery Range off puerto Rico. The Iowa pc massive 16-Inch guns were accurate and As a result of first two Battle wagons will soon be followed by Tuomo the Missouri and the Wisconsin. The Iowa s guns Are the source of its stage name the big  and posters with oversize a fete thrusting menacingly out of a tiny ship proclaim. To big stick is Back they re plastered All Over the working areas of the ship. Others read. Go ahead make my  the famous Clint Eastwood threat t the world s bad Guys. Such rhetoric recalls the administration of Teck Roosevelt during the first decade of this Century. Gunboat  which involved sailing . Warships into foreign harbours gave Rise to a big �. Saturday