1989-An explosion in the second turret of the USS Iowa kills 47 crewmembers. the exact cause was never determined reddit.com/gallery/m8kog1
USS Iowa Gun Turret Explosion - Australian TV News Item (1989) v.redd.it/fb955n9tfur61
Aftermath of the 1989 USS Iowa turret explosion [1440x2560]
A 14 month old baby girl with a postmortem BAC of 0.200 g/100mL, a hiker on the Appalachian trail and nondrinker with a postmortem BAC of 0.129 and a sailor killed in the tragic USS Iowa turret explosion with a postmortem BAC of 0.190 . Are Postmortem BACs Reliable? linkedin.com/pulse/201407…
USS Iowa Gun Turret Explosion (1989-04-19) An incorrectly loaded charge exploded, killing 47 sailors. gfycat.com/corruptadorabl…
A 14 month old baby girl with a postmortem BAC of 0.200 g/100mL, a hiker on the Appalachian trail and nondrinker with a postmortem BAC of 0.129 and a sailor killed in the tragic USS Iowa turret explosion with a postmortem BAC of 0.190 . Are Postmortem BACs Reliable? linkedin.com/pulse/201407…
USS Iowa Gun Turret Explosion (1989-04-19) An incorrectly loaded charge exploded, killing 47 sailors. gfycat.com/corruptadorabl…
A Navy officer watches from shore as USS Iowa (BB-61), its crew manning the rails, passes by the fort near Norfolk, Va. The Iowa is returning home to Norfolk after an explosion in the No. 2 turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises northeast of Puerto Rico [1600 × 1037]
Crewmen man the rails as the USS Iowa returns to port following her deadly 1989 turret explosions. Behind them, the damaged turret is locked to starboard, still in firing position. The explosion cost the lives of 47 of Iowa's crewmen. [2840 x 1910]
Smoke pouring out of the number two turret of USS Iowa after deadly explosion 1989 [3000×2123]
Remember this day - 27 years ago today, an explosion in Turret 2 aboard the USS Iowa took the lives of 47 shipmates...
Aftermath of the 1989 USS Iowa turret explosion [1440x2560]
USS Iowa (Battleship) Gun Turret Explosion [1989] youtu.be/uHSzYy-XLsU?t=18
Smoke pouring out of the number two turret of USS Iowa after deadly explosion 1989 [3000×2123]
Turret explosion aboard USS Iowa (BB 61) kills forty-seven. April 19th, 1989. [3000x2120]
USS Iowa Turret Explosion, 19 April 1989 [3000 x 2123]
[Warship] Aftermath of the 1989 USS Iowa turret explosion
Smoke pouring out of the number two turret of USS Iowa after deadly explosion 1989 [3000×2123]
USS Iowa Turret Explosion, 19 April 1989 [3000 x 2123] /u/BAXterBEDford
USS Savannah (CL-42) shortly after being hit by a German Fritz X guided bomb, it struck the ships number three 6”/47 gun turret, shown with the explosion venting through the turret. Off the coast of Salerno, Italy during Operation Avalanche. 11 September, 1943 [740x555]
USS Savannah (CL-42) shortly after being hit by a German Fritz X guided bomb, it struck the ships number three 6”/47 gun turret, shown with the explosion venting through the turret. Off the coast of Salerno, Italy during Operation Avalanche. 11 September, 1943 [740x555]
Don't stand close to the muzzle. USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a salvo from its forward Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets, 5/1/1984 photo by PH1 Jeff Hilton. [3000x1972]
[2820 x 1920]A round is fired from the No. 3 turret during gunnery exercises aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The barrel is elevated to the 03 level to test the effects of 16-inch gun overpressure on the Tomahawk armored box launcher located on that level.
[1600 x 1053]USS Iowa (BB-61) in the Atlantic, perhaps on her shakedown cruise, 1943. View of aft turret. imgur.com/WpP2Yp8
Firepower Friday! A broadside is fired from the Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber turrets aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). Two projectiles are in flight on the left, 8/9/1985 photo by PH3 J. Elliott. Natl Archives. [3000x2014]
[6076 x 4914]USS Wyoming (AG-17) as seen from the USS Iowa (BB-61) in an east coast harbor on 13 May 1943. USS Lexington (CV-16) is beyond. Note 40mm quad mount on Iowa's 16" turret.
USS Iowa (BB-61) - forward Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets - 1984 - Source: United States National Archives [3000 x 1972]
USS Iowa turret reddit.com/gallery/ityeon
USS Iowa's No.2 turret is cooled with sea water shortly after exploding, 19 April 1989 [3000x2123]
USS Iowa (BB61) Firing a six-gun salvo from her forward 16" gun turrets, during her shakedown. Note projectiles in the air at right. Photographed by Arthur Stratham. August 1944 [2651x1541]
Went to the USS Iowa today and thought to myself Yostar when are we getting the last class of wwii BBs? Well take them all Missouri NJ and Wisconsin but 16" guns in person is like damn same thing with the 127mm turret
