PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....A helicopter flies over the damaged No. 2 16-inch gun turret of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) as the ship passes the fort near Norfolk, Va. The Iowa, with its crew manning the rails, is returning home to Norfolk after an explosion in the No. 2 turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)
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1982 - 2007
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