File:IowaBlackenedTurret.jpg
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| Description | Crew members man the rails aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) as the ship returns to home port following an explosion which killed 47 crew members. The explosion occurred in the No.2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. Behind them the damaged turret still faces to the starboard and the gun barrels are blackened from the explosion. Location: NAVAL AIR STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (VA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) DoD photo by: BAYLES Date Shot: 1 Apr 1989 Accessed on 28 June 2007. |
| Date | Apr 1989 June 2007 |
| Source | http://www.defenselink.mil/multimedia/ |
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| current | 02:43, 28 June 2007 | | 2,840 × 1,910 (3.54 MB) | Cla68 | Crew members man the rails aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) as the ship returns to home port following an explosion which killed 47 crew members. The explosion occurred in the No.2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conductingroutine gunnery exercis |
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