They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Psalms, 107:23-30
In Memoriam of the 47 sailors killed in the explosion aboard
USS Iowa on 19 April 1989.
Tung Thanh Adams, 25 y.o., Fire Controlman 3rd class (FC3)
Robert Wallace Backherms, 30 y.o., Gunner's Mate 3rd class (GM3)(FC3)
Dwayne Collier Battle, 21 y.o., Electrician's Mate, Fireman Apprentice (EMFA)
Walter Scot Blakey, 20 y.o., Gunner's Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Pete Edward Bopp, 21 y.o., Gunner's Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Ramon Jarel Bradshaw, 19 y.o., Seaman Recruit (SR)
Philip Edward Buch, 24 y.o., Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTjg)
Eric Ellis Casey, Seaman Apprentice (SA)
John Peter Cramer, 28 y.o., Gunners Mate 2nd class (GM2)
Milton Francis Devaul Jr., 21 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Leslie Allen Everhart Jr., 31 y.o., Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Gary John Fisk, 24 y.o., Boatswains Mate 2nd class (BM2)
Tyrone Dwayne Foley, 27 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Robert James Gedeon III, 22 y.o., Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Brian Wayne Gendron, 20 y.o., Seaman Apprentice (SA)
John Leonard Goins, 20 y.o., Seaman Recruit (SR)
David L. Hanson, 23 y.o., Electricians Mate 3rd class (EM3)
Ernest Edward Hanyecz, 27 y.o., Gunners Mate 1st class (GM1)
Clayton Michael Hartwig, 25 y.o., Gunners Mate 2nd Class (GM2)
Michael William Helton, 31 y.o., Legalman 1st Class (LN1)
Scott Allen Holt, 20 y.o., Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Reginald Johnson Jr., 20 y.o., Seaman Recruit (SR)
Nathaniel Clifford Jones Jr., Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Brian Robert Jones, 19 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Michael Shannon Justice, 21 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Edward J. Kimble, 23 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Richard E. Lawrence, 29 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Richard John Lewis, 23 y.o., Fire Controlman, Seaman Apprentice (FCSA)
Jose Luis Martinez Jr., Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Todd Christopher McMullen, 20 y.o., Boatswains Mate 3rd class (BM3)
Todd Edward Miller, 25 y.o., Seaman Recruit (SR)
Robert Kenneth Morrison, 36 y.o., Legalman 1st class (LN1)
Otis Levance Moses, 23 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Darin Andrew Ogden, 24 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Ricky Ronald Peterson, 22 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Mathew Ray Price, 20 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Harold Earl Romine Jr., 19 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Geoffrey Scott Schelin, 20 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Heath Eugene Stillwagon, 21 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Todd Thomas Tatham, 19 y.o., Seman Recruit (SR)
Jack Ernest Thompson, 22 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM3)
Stephen J. Welden, 24 y.o., Gunners Mate 2nd Class (GM2)
James Darrell White, 22 y.o., Gunners Mate 3rd class (GM2)
Rodney Maurice White, 19 y.o., Seaman Recruit (SR)
Michael Robert Williams, Boatswains Mate 2nd class (BM2)
John Rodney Young, 21 y.o., Seaman (SN)
Reginald Owen Ziegler, 39 y.o., Senior Chief Gunners Mate (GMCS)
May their souls rest in peace.