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English: A photo taken from the bridge captures the explosion of the No. 2 16-inch gun turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). It was later determined that 47 sailors were killed by the blast, which occurred as the IOWA was conducting routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. Pieces of the center gun can be seen flying through the air in the photo.
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Author Lt. Thomas Jarrell
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19 April 1989

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current02:48, 28 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 02:48, 28 June 20072,150 × 3,000 (2.5 MB)Cla68A photo taken from the bridge captures the explosion of the No. 2 16-inch gun turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). It was later determined that 47 sailors were killed by the blast, which occurred as the IOWA was conducting routine gunnery exerci

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