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NORFOLK, Va. — USS Iowa veterans gathered at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning for their annual tribute to their fallen fellow sailors on the battleship. One by one, the names of the 47 sailors ...
A ceremony to mark 36 years since a gun turret explosion killed 47 Sailors onboard USS Iowa is expected to take place on Saturday.
On April 19, 1995, a bomb exploded outside a federal office building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring ...
The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will remember and honor the 47 sailors who lost their lives after a gun turret exploded on the USS ...
Operation Ten Go, the final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to affect the outcome of the Pacific War, is well known for ...
The Montana-class battleships were a series of five planned U.S. Navy battleships intended to succeed the Iowa-class ...
In 1989, an explosion in a gun turret aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors. In 1989, a Wall Street banker jogging through Central Park was assaulted and raped, leaving her in a coma ...
He was 19 when he joined the Graff Spee, first in the engine room and later in the guns' turrets. The battleship was sunk by its commander, Capt. Hans Langsdorff, in the River Plate 17 December ...
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has ordered Elbit Systems' UT30 Mk 2 turret systems for an unnamed European ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A new PBS half-hour special will feature a segment focusing on Battleship North Carolina. The special, State of Change: Living with Water, tells the stories of communities ...
It holds the distinction of being the world's last active service battleship. According to recent visitors, the Battleship Missouri Memorial's war artifacts and exhibits complement the displays at ...