JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....Volunteers man phone lines in a crisis center set up to arrange lodging for relatives and friends attending the memorial service in honor of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)
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1982 - 2007
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The U.S. National Archives
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