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Epic card · History
Iowa-class battleship, an Epic card
The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 560,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Iowa-class battleship quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Iowa-class battleship card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Iowa class was designed to meet the ______ London Naval Treaty's "escalator clause" limit of 45,000-long-ton standard displacement.
Answer
Second. The Iowa class was designed to meet the Second London Naval Treaty's "escalator clause" limit of 45,000-long-ton standard displacement. From the Iowa-class battleship article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
New Deal. New Deal 97 · Caroline Wozniacki 94 · Iowa-class battleship 89 · Babur 84 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They were initially intended to intercept fast capital ships such as the Japanese Kongō-class battlecruisers and serve as the "fast wing" of the U.S. battle line.
- The Iowa class was designed to meet the Second London Naval Treaty's "escalator clause" limit of 45,000-long-ton standard displacement.
- Beginning in August 1942, four vessels, Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin, were completed, two more, Illinois and Kentucky, were laid down but canceled in 1945 and 1958, respectively, before completion, and both hulls were scrapped in 1958–1959.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Iowa-class battleship article was read about 560,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Iowa-class battleship
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Iowa-class battleship (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : PH1 Jeff Hilton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
