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Battleship Tour: Explore West Coast's Iconic Vessel
4.8
176 Ratings
Los Angeles
Experience a unique tour of the USS Iowa Battleship, the only battleship open to the public on the West Coast. Hear veterans’ stories, explore the iconic ship, and witness the bustling Port of Los Angeles.
Experience a unique tour of the USS Iowa Battleship, the only battleship open to the public on the West Coast. Hear veterans’ stories, explore the iconic ship, and witness the bustling Port of Los Angeles.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Battleship USS Iowa Museum - Battleship IOWA has been at the front line of protecting America’s Freedom and Security since 1943. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are providing visitors an opportunity to experience special limited capacity outdoor fresh-air tours that comply with public health guidelines. Our Self-Guided Outdoor Tour Experience…
- Battleship USS Iowa Museum - Battleship IOWA has been at the front line of protecting America’s Freedom and Security since 1943. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are providing visitors an opportunity to experience special limited capacity outdoor fresh-air tours that comply with public health guidelines. Our Self-Guided Outdoor Tour Experience includes free use of our award-winning mobile app for a truly memorable experience aboard IOWA. Walk in the footsteps of sailors and hear there stories from three eras of service including WWII, Korean War, and the Cold War.
What's Included
- Complimentary app access
- Complimentary app access
Additional Information
Explore the lone Battleship accessible to the public on the West Coast. During your exploration, you’ll hear tales of veteran’s service, stroll the decks of a landmark ship and witness the busiest port activities in the nation - the Port of Los Angeles. The tour comprises a complimentary award-winning mobile app that hosts video, audio, and image content on your personal device.
Explore the lone Battleship accessible to the public on the West Coast. During your exploration, you’ll hear tales of veteran’s service, stroll the decks of a landmark ship and witness the busiest port activities in the nation - the Port of Los Angeles. The tour comprises a complimentary award-winning mobile app that hosts video, audio, and image content on your personal device.
Location
Battleship USS Iowa Museum
250 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(176 Ratings)
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Q4511yaalanw
Aug 26, 2024
Great day. Best tour we’ve ever had - In San Diego for decommissioning of the USS Cowpens CG-63. We drove up to tour the USS Iowa. We did the guided tour. The volunteers and staff were great. Battleship Larry gave us the tour, exceptional! Fantastic day
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Douglash673
Aug 11, 2024
President's Tour - Worth it! - Our Family has now been on all 4 Iowa class battleships (Wisconsin, New Jersey, Missouri, Iowa). Each experience is unique, as each ship is unique. One thing is consistent, though, these battleships are impressive. The volunteers make the experience, and we appreciated the information and thoughtful commentary from our guide on the President's tour. We got a chance to go behind the ropes in a few sections, and it was great. If you are in the LA area, I highly recommend you take the time to visit this grand old ship. As a bonus, you get to drive through the harbor and see a modern, active seaport in operation. Also, there are plenty of restaurants within an easy drive for lunch or dinner.
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Kava63
Aug 6, 2024
Even if you dont care about naval stuff, this is fascinating! - I agreed to go along because my husband wanted to go very much.
Took a tour with a terrific guide (Adam), which made it a really interesting and memorable visit.
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638nedj
Aug 6, 2024
Highly Recommended - Very good experience. I took the 'Gun Tour' and our guide Donald was entertaining and extremely knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the fact that he got into the specifics of how the ship's systems operated. I asked a few extremely specific questions and Donald's answers were excellent. That being said, I felt like he kept things moving to the point where others in the group, who were probably not as interested in the details, seemed to be entertained throughout as well.
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Eagle8417
Aug 4, 2024
Amazing details and great fun - We had the engineering tour down into the belly of the ship. It was really amazing , how many details we got to see. We got so deep into it, that we all lost our sense of time and way exceeded the intended time frame. We had so much fun with our enthusiastic guides, we definitely need to spend more time.
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154natashiad
Jul 23, 2024
Lovely Tour! - Such an excellent tour! I’m not a big military history buff and I loved it. Our guide, Philip, was so knowledgeable and his respect and excitement for the history and craft was evident and contagious.
I recommend taking the earlier tour or bringing a water bottle you can attach to your body since you’ll need your hands for the steep stairs and it was getting hot on the ship by 11:30am.
Grateful for this eye opening experience. I’d go again.
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Michaeldp9327fm
Jun 30, 2024
If you are fascinated by how stuff works, you gotta do the Engineers tour! - I'm an engineer, so I bought a ticket to the engineers tour... and I totally geeked out on that one. From thinking about my dad's time in the Navy to what they had to do to power, steer, repair, and operate the ship. A totally fascinating tour by two awesome experienced sailors who had great insight as to what it was like.
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Deniseo632
Jul 17, 2024
Fascinating and Awesome Ship - This was our second battleship tour as we had toured the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor so I shall compare the two. Both are part of the four vessels which compose the class of ships built late in the war. They are very large full of nooks and crannies on many decks. Be prepared to climb and descend ships ladders, walk very carefully and slowly so that you can look around. For the Iowa, one follows the yellow arrows. This ship also includes a special display about Robert Ballard locating the Titanic. The sites and sounds are interesting and help one understand life on such a very large ship. But do be prepared to climb ladders!
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Patrick_m
Jun 19, 2024
Good time, BUT we didn't get to see the ship's "bathtub", used by FDR ?! - Seeing battleship's crew quarters and mess hall, and Captains quarters. Our own father was a 'Signalman" on the USS Iowa 1942 - 1945...he is no longer with us, but his memories of the battles, coming to shore and general overall experience was always very very entertaining.
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T1238nzmichaelf
Aug 17, 2024
Not the best - In terms of preserved warships I have seen this was at the bottom. Very little of ship is open to visitors on the general pass compared to what I have seen onboard other ships.
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