![]() ![]() "Billy Ruffian" – HMS Bellerophon humorous mispronunciation."Big Gray Deuce" – USS Essex humorous malapropism.Iowa was nicknamed Mighty I during her first two commissionings in WWII and the Korean War. Also used for the USS Iowa during her third and final commissioning, c1980s Cold War. ![]()
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