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USS Iowa
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, stands next to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as he speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the battleship USS Iowa as a memorial and an educational museum at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif. on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. The ship, built in 1940, arrived in Los Angeles in May and will be permanently stationed in the port and operated as a floating museum. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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