Keywords: IowaVictimsDover1.jpg Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA BB-61 The explosion occurred in the No 2 16-inch gun turret as the IOWA was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th Released to Public Location DOVER AIR FORCE BASE DELAWARE DE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA DoD photo by JOSN SOSA Date Shot 20 Apr 1989 Source http //www defenselink mil/multimedia/ Accessed 28 June 2007 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Iowa BB-61 1989 Coffins Dignified Transfers Presenting arms |