Keywords: USSIowaDecomissionJohnson.JPEG en Members of the media interview Vice Chief of Naval Operations ADM Jerome L Johnson as he takes part in the decommissioning ceremony for the battleship USS IOWA BB-61 on Oct 26 1990 The image is superimposed over a plaque commemorating the explosion in the No 2 16-inch gun turret aboard the vessel which killed 47 crew members as the IOWA was conducting routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19 1989 http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html a search s USS 20Iowa n 90 guid 90fcba3c1f26c14693f5ea1d86a07b0b2d310ca9 DoD imagery PH3 John Bivera 1990-10-26 official US Navy photo Aboard USS Iowa BB-61 Jerome L Johnson Ship decommissioning PD-USGov-Military-Navy |