A color guard dips the Navy flag as pallbearers pass by carrying a casket containing the body of one of the 47 Sailors killed on board the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) when the ship's No. 2 16-inch gun turret exploded during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19

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A color guard dips the Navy flag as pallbearers pass by carrying a casket containing the body of one of the 47 Sailors killed on board the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) when the ship's No. 2 16-inch gun turret exploded during routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Dover Air Force Base

State: Delaware (DE)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Josn Oscar Sosa, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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20/04/1989
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