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I forget the US battleship's name but it was about 15 years ago.
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It was USS
Iowa.
On April 19th 1989, an explosion ripped through her Number Two 16-inch gun turret, killing 47 crewmen. The Naval Investigators at first theorized that a crewman named Clayton Hartwig had detonated an explosive device in the turret, killing himself and 46 others, allegedly due to the end of a homosexual affair with another sailor, who survived. This theory was later abandoned, and the cause of the explosion, though never determined with certainty, is generally believed to have been static electricity igniting loose powder. The Captain of the
Iowa, Fred Moosally, was severely criticized for his handling of the matter, and the Navy implemented changes in handling for similar guns. Iowa was still able to deploy to Europe and the Mediterranean Sea in mid-year. Turret Two remained unrepaired when she decommissioned in Norfolk for the last time, 26 October 1990.