House Resolution 35 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2     BY  ZIRKELBACH, WHITEAD, WINDSCHITL, D. TAYLOR,
  1  3         BAILEY, FICKEN, KEARNS, BUKTA, MASCHER,
  1  4        ALONS, SWEENEY, WATTS, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
  1  5           TYMESON, THOMAS, GAYMAN, and RANTS
  1  6 A Resolution to protect and preserve the battleship
  1  7    USS Iowa.
  1  8    WHEREAS, in the late 1930s grave threats emerged to
  1  9 America's seapower, as the Nazis began construction of
  1 10 the 50,000=ton Bismarck and the Empire of Japan began
  1 11 construction of a 71,000=ton leviathan, the Yamato;
  1 12 and
  1 13    WHEREAS, America countered those threats with the
  1 14 45,000=ton "Iowa" class of fast battleships, the
  1 15 ultimate in the evolution of the capital ship and also
  1 16 its last hurrah; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, BB=61, the USS Iowa, was commissioned in
  1 18 1943 and was tasked to transport President Franklin D.
  1 19 Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Casablanca, a mission
  1 20 that resulted in the USS Iowa being the only American
  1 21 warship to be equipped with a bathtub; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, the USS Iowa completed her World War II
  1 23 service in the Pacific theater, and later served in
  1 24 the Korean War; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, the USS Iowa earned nine battle stars for
  1 26 World War II service and two for Korean War service;
  1 27 and
  1 28    WHEREAS, the venerable ship was decommissioned for
  1 29 the last time in 1990 and is currently berthed with
  1 30 the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, near
  2  1 San Francisco, California; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  2    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  3 That the House of Representatives supports all efforts
  2  4 to preserve the USS Iowa as a museum ship and a living
  2  5 memorial to all those who served on her.
  2  6 LSB 2666HH 83
  2  7 jr/rj/5