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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

ON A HAPPIER NOTE: A MIGHTY 'HAZE GRAY AND UNDER WAY" BEING TOWED THRU THE CARQUINEZ STRAIT (OFF MARE ISLAND<WHERE I'LL SAIL TODAY!!) FROM THE SUISUN GHOST FLEET ENROUTE TO HER MUSEUM BERTH IN L.A. TO WHERE I GOT THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME VIEW FROM THE TOP PARAPET OF OLD FT. POINT AS SHE EXITED SAN FRANCISCO BAY'S HELL'S GATE UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: 1954 THE 0NLY TIME ALL FOUR IOWA'S WERE IN FORMATION>https://www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/6497548649/ <to enlarge) All four Iowa-class battleships steaming together (1954). Ship closest to the camera is USS Iowa (BB-61). The others are (from near to far): USS Wisconsin (BB-64), USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS New Jersey (BB-62). This was the only occasion that all four Iowa Class BB's were steaming in formation. Arguably; two years later...the most powerful surface armada the world ever saw(USS IOWA (ALLEGEDLY) HAD NUCLEAR W-23 'KATIE' SHELLS??!!) WE SHOULD REACTIVATE ALL FOUR; PAINT THEM A LIGHT SHADE OF GRAY AND SEND THEM TO SOUTH CHINA SEA 'ON A GOODWILL TOUR'....TEDDY ROOSEVELT WOULD BE PROUD: AS "NUTHIN' DIPLOMATIC GOES OUTTA STYLE" <1907 (KLIK 2 ENLARGE ALL LITTLE PICS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet