18 years ago today : "We Remember Turret Two"

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On April 19, 1989, 08:55, 47 sailors died when five bags of propellant ignited in the open chamber of the center 16-inch gun of the battleship U.S.S. Iowa’s turret II.

May their souls rest in peace.

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)

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Shipwreck,
Where is the above memorial located?

[Shipwreck]

Where is the above memorial located?

Iowa Point, Norfolk Naval Station.

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Thanks,
I'll have to make sure I stop and view it while im there this summer.

[BB62squid]

BZ, Ship!!
Was gonna start a thread for the Iowa but, as usual, you were way ahead :P

We will never forget....