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Home Town Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Last Address USS Iowa (BB-61)
Date of Passing Apr 19, 1989
Location of Interment Pineview Cemetery - South Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot: Sec. 56, Row 23, Lot 2
Dwayne Collier Battle was the son of the late Maggie Lancaster Battle. He is survived by his sisters, Christina, Nicole, and Kimberly, and brothers, Joel, Tracy, and Marcus. He was a 1986 graduate of Rocky Mount Senior High School. He was one of 47 sailors killed when 550 pounds of gunpowder exploded inside the No. 2, 16-inch gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa off Puerto Rico.
Iowa Class Battleship: Displacement 45,000 Tons, Dimensions, 887' 3" (oa) x 108' 2" x 37' 9" (Max)Armament 9 x 16"/50 20 x 5"/38AA, 80 x 40mm 49 x 20mm, 3 AC. Armor, 12 1/8" Belt, 17" Turrets, 1 1/2" +6" +5/8" Decks, 17 1/4" Conning Tower. Machinery, 212,000 SHP; G.E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 1921. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, June 27, 1940. Launched August 27, 1942. Commissioned February 22, 1943. Decommissioned March 24, 1949. Recommissioned August 25, 1951. Decommissioned February 2, 1958. Recommissioned April 28, 1984. Decommissioned October 26, 1990. Stricken for disposal 12 January 1995 but retained as a parts source. Reinstated on the Naval Vessels Register and returned to reserve status 4 January 1999. Fate: Preserved as Memorial at 250 S Harbor Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90731
