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  2. USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia

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    Position of USS Iowa's Turret Two. On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. [1] The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret ...

  3. File:USS Iowa BB61 Iowa Explosion 1989.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The #2 turret of the USS Iowa (BB-61) exploded on April 19, 1989, killing 47 members of the turret crew. The left gun of Turret One in the background is fully elevated as its crew tries to clear a misfire that occurred earlier by trying to coax the powder bags to slide backwards against the primer. Date: 19 April 1989: Source

  4. Category:1989 disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1989 disasters in the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... USS Iowa turret explosion; M. Miamitown bridge ...

  5. A Glimpse of Hell (book) - Wikipedia

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    Iowa ' s Turret Two explodes on April 19, 1989. On September 7, 1989, Milligan and Admiral Leon A. Edney, the Navy's Vice Chief of Naval Operations, announced the results of Milligan's investigation. Milligan's investigation report, endorsed by the top Navy leadership, concluded that the explosion was "most probably" a result of an intentional ...

  6. Fred Moosally - Wikipedia

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    At his change of command ceremony on Iowa on May 4, 1990, Moosally criticized the Navy for mismanaging the investigation into the turret explosion, saying that the investigators were "people who, in their rush to manage the Iowa problem, forgot about doing the right thing for the Iowa crew".

  7. File:USS Iowa (BB-61) projectile hoisted to spanning tray.jpg

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    A 1,900-pound high capacity (HC) projectile is hoisted up to the spanning tray of the center Mark 7 15-inch/50-caliber gun in the No. 2 turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). This particular projectile will be the 1,000th round fired by the IOWAs 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning.

  8. Survivors gather to remember 1989 Iowa plane crash - AOL

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    That was back on July 19, 1989, when May was a passenger aboard United Flight 232. The DC-10 was traveling from Denver to Chicago when it lost all hydraulic power after the rear engine exploded.

  9. File:USS Iowa (BB-61) turret explosion memorial plaque.jpg

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    English: DN-ST-95-01430 - A former USS IOWA (BB-61) sailor comforts the mother of Seaman Apprentice (SA) Nathaniel Jones, Jr., whose name appears on a memorial plaque honoring the 47 crew members who lost their lives when gun turret two exploded on board the battleship April 19, 1989 during gunnery practice. The plaque was rededicated during a ...