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Gameplay Notes
Fast Battleships (FBB) are BB with higher speed. They:
- Usually have more permissive Routings,
- Can be placed in the Escort of a Combined Fleet regardless of their speed.
Special Mechanics
- None
Equipability Exceptions
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- Default FBB equipment compatibility
Fit Bonuses
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- Hidden Fit Bonuses
- Has some hidden fit bonuses when equipped with certain equipment. Please see Hidden Fit Bonuses for more details.
Important Information
- Required to construct Saratoga in LSC.
- Helper for the following equipment:
- Improvement: OS2U, 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.7 + GFCS
- Improvement & upgrade: 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.7
Drop Locations
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| Iowa | S Holo | FBB | 240 | Unbuildable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voice Lines
Quotes
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- ↑ Likely referring to Fusou or Yamashiro who were known for their unique pagoda-style bridges.
- ↑ The Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile was introduced in 1977 and fitted to Iowa during her 1982 modernization.
- ↑ This line is shared with expedition selection, resource collection, instant repair and development.
Hourlies
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Seasonal
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Misc Lines
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CG
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Trivia
- General Information
- She is named after the state of Iowa.
- She was launched on the 27th of August 1942.
- Recommissioned twice before she was finally struck and re-purposed as a museum ship in Los Angeles.
- Update History
- She was added on the 3rd of May 2016 as Spring 2016 Event E7 reward.
- Misc
- She is the first American-based Kanmusu to be introduced into the KanColle franchise.
- She debuted in KanColle Kai before making her way over to the browser game in the Spring 2016 Event.
- She's also the first Kanmusu on which her ship she is based upon is both a WWII survivor and still exists to this present day.
- In her browser release, Iowa had a bug that caused her stats to increase higher than originally intended, this bug was however fixed on May 13th, 2016.
- She speaks Bonin English.
- Based on Takana and Yoshinori's interview in the June 2016 Edition of Comtiq Magazine, they explained a few important key points regarding Iowa and her design.
- Yoshinori noted that Iowa's design concept started back a year and a half ago from the Spring 2016 Event. It involved a large amount of research at designs from WWII to come up with a design that would represent Iowa and making her appear American on first glance.
- Takana and Yoshinori noted that the main inspiration for Iowa design came from Airplane Nose Pin art. An example of such would be the art from the B-17 Bomber "Memphis Belle".
- Struck on March 17, 2006
- Became the last lead ship of all battleships in the US Navy during WWII.
- Survived World War II.
See Also
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