On which "Iowa"-class battleship did Robert C. Peniston serve as a high ranking officer?
Robert C. Peniston Robert C. Peniston (October 25, 1922 – August 2, 2014) was a career United States Navy officer who rose to the rank of captain and commanded the battleship USS "New Jersey".
USS Ohio (BB-12) USS "Ohio" (BB-12), a "Maine"-class battleship pre-dreadnought battleship, was the third ship both of her class and of the United States Navy to be named for the 17th state. She was laid down at the Union Iron Works shipyard in San Francisco in April 1899, was launched in May 1901, and was commissioned into the fleet in October 1904. She was armed with a main battery of four 12 in guns and could steam at a top speed of 18 kn .