The #2 turret of the USS Iowa (BB-61) exploded on April 19, 1989, killing 47 members of the turret crew. (U.S. Navy/ LT. Thomas Jarrell) ...

It’s been more than 30 years since an explosion inside the number two gun turret on the USS Iowa killed 47 American sailors, but for Mike Carr, it still feels like yesterday. “I knew all 47 ...

Gunner`s Mate Kendall Truitt was in the belly of the USS Iowa`s gun turret No. 2 when he heard an explosion that sounded louder than gunfire. Truitt and 10 other men in his compartment frantically ...

The USS Iowa is a legendary battleship built to defend America during WWII. ... I'm here to report on the investigation into the 19 April 1989 explosion in turret two on board USS Iowa.

On the morning of April 19, 1989 — 35 years ago today — a horrific explosion and fire ripped through the No. 2 gun turret of the Norfolk-based battleship USS Iowa.

NORFOLK, Va. — USS Iowa veterans gathered at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning for their annual tribute to their fallen fellow sailors on the battleship. One by one, the names of the 47 ...

Exhibit A: the Navy’s colossal fumbling of the USS Iowa turret explosion thirty-six years ago. ... no one will ever be able to say for sure what happened on board USS Iowa on April 19, 1989.

The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will remember and honor the 47 sailors who lost their lives after a gun turret exploded on the USS Iowa during a firing exercise on April 19, 1989.

The USS Iowa was the lead ship of the last fleet of battleships built by the U.S. Navy, which battled at sea during World War II and the Korean War and was the site of a turret explosion that ...

The first USS Iowa, launched in 1896, saw action in the Spanish-American War. ... then was reactivated in the 1980s before being retired in 1990 following a tragic turret explosion.