Sounds like funding for preservation is progressing, but slowly.
Here’s more info ...
http://www.battleshipiowa.org/
Thanks. I remember in the 80’s the USN had a project for rocket boosted shells from BBs. Tests had successfully shown 50+ mile range, and they expected to get to 100+miles, which would put about 60% of the world’s population/cities within range. Every time I read about using a $ 1 million cruise missile to take out a truck, I wish we had kept one of the BBs on active duty. I remember the last time a BB fired for real, it was the NJ off the Lebanese coast, after the Marines were killed by a suicide bomber..