The Pacific Battleship Center, a nonprofit organization established in 2009, has been awarded ownership of the USS IOWA by the U.S. Navy for display as an interactive naval museum at Port of Los Angeles Berth 87.

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The craft, partially owned by Virgin group overlord Sir Richard Branson and the Abu Dhabi-based investment group PJC, took off earlier today from its berth at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, where carrier-craft WhiteKnightTwo ferried it to a 47, 000 ft altitude after which its own rockets kicked in for a supersonic flight.

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The craft, partially owned by Virgin group overload Sir Richard Branson and the Abu Dhabi-based investment group PJC, took off earlier today from its berth at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, where carrier-craft WhiteKnightTwo ferried it to a 47, 000 ft altitude after which its own rockets kicked in for a supersonic flight.

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