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PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....Numerous small craft surround the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) as it 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 16-inch gun turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....A close-up starboard beam view of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), showing the damaged No. 2 16-inch gun turret, as it 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)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....A close-up starboard beam view of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), showing the damaged No. 2 16-inch gun turret, as it 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)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....Crowds of people lining the shore and in small craft watch as the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) 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 16-inch gun turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

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)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....Crew members man the rails of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) as it passes the fort near Norfolk, Va. The Iowa is returning home to Norfolk after an explosion in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....A Navy officer watches from shore as the battleship 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 16-inch gun turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....A Navy officer watches from shore as the battleship 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 16-inch gun turret killed 47 sailors during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....GUNNER's Mate 3rd Class Kendall Truitt, a crewman of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), takes part in a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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)

PH2 Milton Savage, USNR Fort Monroe, Va....A starboard bow view of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), surrounded by numerous small craft, as it 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 16-inch gun 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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[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, [where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Boston National Historical Park Superintendent Terry Savage, Bostonian Society Executive Director Brian LeMay, Boston Environmental and Energy Services Chief James Hunt III, and other officials at event marking the completion of the initial phase of the Old State House restoration, including restoration of the building's famous tower [48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston_IOD_1157.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, [where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Boston National Historical Park Superintendent Terry Savage, Bostonian Society Executive Director Brian LeMay, Boston Environmental and Energy Services Chief James Hunt III, and other officials at event marking the completion of the initial phase of the Old State House restoration, including restoration of the building's famous tower [48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston_IOD_1049.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, [where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Boston National Historical Park Superintendent Terry Savage, Bostonian Society Executive Director Brian LeMay, Boston Environmental and Energy Services Chief James Hunt III, and other officials at event marking the completion of the initial phase of the Old State House restoration, including restoration of the building's famous tower [48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston_IOD_1131.JPG]

CAPT E.J. Quijada, USNR - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Mark Lee, assigned to Navy

Commander Ronald G. Renshaw, USNR (covered)

CDR Larry R. Aho, USNR (covered)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 15, 2019) - Vice Adm. Lisa

A left rear view of the No. 2 forward Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun turret aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, [where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Boston National Historical Park Superintendent Terry Savage, Bostonian Society Executive Director Brian LeMay, Boston Environmental and Energy Services Chief James Hunt III, and other officials at event marking the completion of the initial phase of the Old State House restoration, including restoration of the building's famous tower [48-DPA-07-25-08_SOI_K_Boston_IOD_1128.JPG]

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....President George H. W. Bush speaks with a family member of one 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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