Welcome to the Battleship IOWA eTicket store! You are just a few clicks away from purchasing your tickets, saving $2 off each General Admission and Extended Tour ticket and bypassing ticket booth lines for your visit to Battleship IOWA - The Battleship of Presidents. (If you have a promotion code, please enter it at the time of checkout). The Battleship IOWA's box office is open daily from 10:00am to 4:00pm to purchase tickets. The ship will remain open until 5:00 PM for ticketed guests only. We are closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. On the rare occassions when additional Tour closure dates caused by special events take place, those dates will be announced on our Toll Free Information Message Line 877-446-9261. We look forward to your visit.
GRAND OPENING Saturday November 30, 2019
The IOWA Gun Tour includes a separate ticket for our Extended self guided General Admission Tour. This fully guided tour will take you inside the IOWA's 16 turret and the 5 mount as well as the plot room and ammunition storage areas. Due to the confined spaces you will be visiting on the Gun Tour, it is limited in group size and daily availability. Guests are required to wear closed toed footware and must be able to climb and descend the steeper ladders associated with the gun room spaces onboard. You must also have the flexibility to enter and exit smaller than normal doors and hatches along the tour. Guests must be at least 10 years old without any physical condition that may impair their ability to negotiate the stairs or stand for prolonged periods of time. Effective 11-30-19 this tour will be available at 10:30 AM and 2:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday only.
The IOWA Gun Tour includes a separate ticket for our Extended self guided General Admission Tour. This fully guided tour will take you inside the IOWA's 16 turret and the 5 mount as well as the plot room and ammunition storage areas. Due to the confined spaces you will be visiting on the Gun Tour, it is limited in group size and daily availability. Guests are required to wear closed toed footware and must be able to climb and descend the steeper ladders associated with the gun room spaces onboard. You must also have the flexibility to enter and exit smaller than normal doors and hatches along the tour. Guests must be at least 10 years old without any physical condition that may impair their ability to negotiate the stairs or stand for prolonged periods of time. Effective 11-30-19 this tour will be available at 10:30 AM and 2:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday only.
The Full STEAM Ahead tour includes separate tickets for our Extended self guided General Admission tour and the new guided behind the scenes tour of the engineering spaces on board. The new two hour guided tour of an engine room, boiler room, hospital, post office, Combat Engagement Center and plot room, gives the guest access to areas of the ship that have been off limits to the public in the past. Due to the confined spaces along this tour, it is limited in group size and daily availability. Guests are required to wear closed toed footware due to the steeper ladders and grated decking is some areas along the tour path,and must be able to negotiate the ladders that will take them up and down to these unique spaces on board. This tour is not recommended for children under 10 years of age or those with any physical condition that may impair their ability to negotiate the stairs or stand for prolonged periods of time. Currently, this tour is regularly available on Saturdays and Sundays, with sessions at 11:00am and 2:00pm. (Also available as a Group Tour with ten days advance notice. Please contact Group Sales at 877-446-9261 ext 706 to schedule this tour).
Experience the Battleship IOWA as a VIP. Let a highly trained member of the Ship's Crew escort you into areas that are not currently and may never be on the General Public Tour.
