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A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
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Gun turret
Rotatable weapon mount
A gun turret is a mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon and at the same time…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Iowa turret explosion
1989 incident onboard USS Iowa (BB-61)
On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Iowa (BB-61)
Iowa-class battleship
USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)