Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa - Throwback Thursday! We're about to blow up an urban myth. IOWA does NOT slip sideways when she fires her main battery. The guns recoil
![An overhead view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) firing a full broadside to starboard during a main battery firing exercise - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search An overhead view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) firing a full broadside to starboard during a main battery firing exercise - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1984/01/09/an-overhead-view-of-the-battleship-uss-new-jersey-bb-62-firing-a-full-broadside-a6230e-1024.jpg)
An overhead view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) firing a full broadside to starboard during a main battery firing exercise - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search
![The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) fires a broadside to starboard from the ship's Mark 7, 16-inch, 50-caliber guns during its shakedown cruise - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search The battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) fires a broadside to starboard from the ship's Mark 7, 16-inch, 50-caliber guns during its shakedown cruise - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1984/08/24/the-battleship-uss-iowa-bb-61-fires-a-broadside-to-starboard-from-the-ships-d7bb19-1600.jpg)