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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1982 - 2007
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