By Taylor Boyd Thirty-seven years after an explosion aboard the USS Iowa killed 47 sailors and destroyed its No. 2 gun turret, a Patrick County man who served aboard the battleship still remembers the ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)— Sailors, veterans, and families gathered at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday morning to mark a somber anniversary, honoring the 47 service members killed aboard the USS Iowa. The ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The Navy is remembering the fallen sailors of the USS Iowa (BB-61). On April 19, 1989, an explosion aboard the battleship claimed the lives of 47 crewmen. The ship's Number Two ...