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edit Creator InfoField | Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Crew members and 16-inch guns of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) are silhouetted by sun on the water as the ship returns to port following an explosion in the No.2 16-inch gun turret which killed 47 crew members. The explosion occurred as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th |
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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Public |
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1 April 1989 date QS:P571,+1989-04-01T00:00:00Z/11 |
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institution QS:P195,Q59661040 |
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Image title | Crew members and 16-inch guns of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) are silhouetted by sun on the water as the ship returns to port following an explosion in the No.2 16-inch gun turret which killed 47 crew members. The explosion occurred as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. |
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Author | PH1(SW) Jeff Elliott |
Source | Film |
Short title | DN-ST-90-08455 |
Date and time of data generation | 1 April 1989 |
City shown | NAVAL STATION, NORFOLK |
IIM version | 2 |
Writer | J. Stens Jr. |
Special instructions | RELEASED |
Province or state shown | VA |
Country shown | USA |
Category | N |
Supplemental categories | UNCLASS |