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JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), speaks at a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), speaks during a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), attends a memorial service for the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), speaks during a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), stands by as President George H. W. Bush speaks with a family member of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), salutes as the national anthem is played during the memorial service for the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), speaks during a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), speaks during a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), stands by as President George H. W. Bush speaks with a family member of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....CAPT. Fred P. Moosally, commanding officer of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), speaks at a press conference several days after 47 crew members were killed in an explosion aboard the ship. 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

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CHIEF of Naval Operations ADM Frank B. Kelso II listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Pentagon regarding the Navy's investigation of the April 19, 1989, explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). After a review of all available evidence concerning the cause of the blast, the Navy's official conclusion is that the exact cause cannot be determined.

A burning car and training dummies sprawled on the ground to simulate a car bomb explosion during the Air Force Weapons of Mass Destruction Installation Training and Exercise Program, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on Sept 17, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Andy Bellamy) (RELEASED)

Crew members man the rail of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) as it departs for the commencement of NATO Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS '85

CAPT. G.B. McEwen, left, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10), inspects damage to the vessel as it sits in dry dock awaiting repairs. The damage was inflicted by an Iraqi mine that the ship struck while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf on February 18 during Operation Desert Storm. The TRIPOLI was able to continue operations after damage control crews stopped the flooding caused by the explosion

Members of the United States Navy Ceremonial Guard remove the casket of a fallen member of USS COLE (DDG 67) from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on October 14, 2000. The sailor was killed in an explosion resulting from a terrorist attack on the COLE in Yemen

Crew members run to man the rails of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) as the ship is "brought to life" during its recommissioning

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) US Air Force (USAF) personnel simulate injuries as USAF medical personnel attend to them as part of an exercise for the National Medical Disaster System (NMDS). Personnel are simulating injuries sustained during an explosion by a terrorist attack at a baseball game in San Diego, California (CA). In this situation, there would be not be enough local treatment facilities to care for the injured personnel, so they are flown to a nearby state that could care for them. In this case, they are flown to Davis-Monthan AFB where their injuries are assessed, then taken downtown for treatment at various hospitals

Project HOPE volunteer Michele Okamoto, administers an Electrocardiogram (EKG) on a patient at the Medical Treatment Facility US Military Sealift Command (MSC) Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) during a humanitarian assistance mission.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Timothy F. Sosa) (Released)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....President George H. W. Bush speaks with a family member 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. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

Using a diagram of a 16-inch gun turret, Captain Larry Seaquist briefs the Pentagon press corps on the operation and safety features of battleship guns, the day after an explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) off the coast of Puerto Rico. Seaquist is a former commanding officer of the IOWA

The overall view of the aft secondary battery plotting room of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61)

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