USS Iowa turret explosion
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Main Wikipedia article: USS Iowa turret explosion.
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Iowa fires main guns near Puerto Rico in 1984.
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Cut away diagram of Iowa 16-inch gun turret.
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Color version.
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16-inch ammunition
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Powder bags and 16-inch projectiles on the USS Missouri, Iowa's sister ship
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Master Chief Stephen Skelley
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Captain Larry Seaquist (left), Gunner's Mate 1st Class Dale Mortensen (center), and Master Chief Gunner's Mate Charles Hill (right) on Iowa in December 1984
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1,000th projectile being hoisted to spanning tray for Turret Two's center gun
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Crewmen in Turret Two's center gun roll powder bags from the powder hoist into the spanning tray.
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Powder bags are rammed into Turret Two's center gun
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Cutaway diagram of a 16-inch gun loaded with projectile and powder bags with the rammer arm extended.
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1,000th projectile being fired from number 2 center gun.
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The number 2 turret on Iowa explodes.
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Pieces fly from the center gun of the number 2 turret as it explodes.
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Iowa's flag is flown at half-mast upon the ship's return to Norfolk after the explosion.
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Upon its return to Norfolk, Turret 2 is still locked to starboard with blackened gunbarrels from the explosion.
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Victims of the explosion arrive at Dover Air Force Base for autopsy.
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Victims of the explosion arrive at Dover Air Force Base for autopsy.
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Captain Fred Moosally speaks with President George Bush at a memorial service for the Iowa crewmen killed in the explosion.
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President George Bush speaks at the memorial service for the Iowa crewmen killed in the explosion.
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Rear Admiral Richard Milligan directed the first investigation into the Iowa turret explosion.
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Admirals Milligan and Edney brief reporters on the conclusions from the first investigation into the explosion.
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Milligan holds up two books that reputedly belonged to Hartwig during his briefing on the USN's findings from the first investigation into the explosion.
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Admiral Leon Edney, Vice Chief of Naval Operations during the first Iowa investigation and accused of helping cover up or suppress evidence that was contrary to the first report's findings.
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Admiral Carlisle Trost, Chief of Naval Operations during the Iowa explosion investigation.
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Senator Howard Metzenbaum helped lead a Senate inquiry into the Navy's first investigation.
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Senator John Glenn helped lead a Senate inquiry into the Navy's first investigation.
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Senator Sam Nunn led the Senate Armed Services Committee's inquiry into the Navy's first investigation.
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US Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar helped lead the House inquiry into the Navy's first investigation.
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Rear Admiral Ming Chang, USN's inspector general whose report on the investigation was suppressed by top USN leaders.
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Rear Admiral Brent Baker, Chief of Naval Information during Milligan's investigation.
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Vice Admiral Douglas Katz participated in the Iowa investigation and communicated with the Hartwig family on behalf of the USN.
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Admiral Jeremy Boorda reportedly helped cover up details of the Iowa explosion.
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Captain Moosally speaks at a ceremony honoring the 47 killed in the explosion.
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Capt Moosally presents an award to an Iowa crewmember for his distinctive service during the disaster.
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CBS News 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace who investigated and reported on Milligan's flawed investigation
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Admiral Frank Kelso, who as Chief of Naval Operations apologized to Hartwig's family.
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Frank Kelso speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on October 17, 1991 announcing the clearing of Hartwig in the explosion and that the cause could not be determined
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Families of the victims attend a ceremony on Iowa one year after the accident.
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Admiral Jerome Johnson is interviewed by reporters on October 26, 1990 as Iowa is decommissioned.
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A family member mourns at the Iowa explosion memorial in Norfolk in 1994