![]() ![]() At 0940, Iowa received her first battle damage, a 6” hit on the side plate of Turret 2. For two hours on the morning of March 18th, Iowa poured fire into the island unopposed, before the Japanese coastal defense guns opened fire. Her next action came in mid-March, as Vice Admiral Willis A Lee, commander of the Fifth Fleet battle line, led Iowa and New Jersey on a bombardment mission to Mili Atoll. She escorted the first carrier raid on the Marianas a week later, which was uneventful for her, and a major success for the US as a whole. ![]() The rest of the sweep was uneventful, and Iowa rejoined the carrier force as it retired to Kwajalein.
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