File:USS Iowa - Ocean Safari - 016160.jpg

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English: USS Iowa (BB-61) in the South Western approaches of the U.K. putting on a Firepower Demonstration during the concluding phase of NATO Exercise Ocean Safari 85. This was the largest peacetime naval exercise in history with 160 warships from 10 countries participating. The exercise was from 28 August 1985 to 20 September 1985. The exercise was to simulate the resupply of Europe and the protection of convoy routes. Maneuvers were carried out in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the Straits of Denmark and the Baltic Sea.
English: Official US Navy Photograph processed by the Iowa's Photo Lab & text contributed by Robert M. Cieri.
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