By Taylor Boyd Thirty-seven years after an explosion aboard the USS Iowa killed 47 sailors and destroyed its No. 2 gun turret ...
In April 1989, an explosion inside USS Iowa’s Turret Two killed 47 sailors during a gunnery exercise and turned one of America’s most famous battleships into the center of a national scandal. Early ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)— Sailors, veterans, and families gathered at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday morning to mark a somber anniversary, honoring the 47 service members killed aboard the USS Iowa. The ...