Show Launched leven Jeven Months Early BROOKLYN NAVY YARD NEW YORK Aug 27 UP UP- UP S. S battleship Iowa mightiest The in in the fast growing iP fI merican J n fleet was laun launched hed Thursday seven m months ahead of 11 schedule perhaps to take part in that final climactic operation 41 the e war war the invasion of 4 the continent of Europe or the i l nd of Japan The prediction of the Iowa's ultimate ultimate ul- ul mate career came from Ralph A. A Bard assistant secretary of the navy who spoke a few minutes before the ton battleship slid filid into the East river christened by Mrs Ho Browne Wallace wife of th vice president a native of j 10 Iowa Here B-Here Here is a ship Bard said that fth t can keep up with the swift- swift task sk forces Here is a ship that thai can fire faster and farther 1 1 th thin than n any other ship afloat It may mayI j I en e take part in that final climac climac- tic operation of all the 4 I war war the the invasion of the continent of Europe or the island of Japan It is a tool with which Americas America's future will be written on the pages of history The Japanese and the Germans have built stealthily and they have built well Bard continued but butI I can guarantee that they have never fashioned such a weapon as this ship The Iowa i la is the first of six to be launched Five more New more New Jersey Missouri Wisconsin Illinois and Kentucky are are being built in other shipyards ship ship- yards Iowa's keel was laid on June 27 1940 |