Members of the media interview Vice CHIEF of Naval Operations ADM Jerome L. Johnson as he takes part in the decommissioning ceremony for the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) on Oct. 26, 1990. The image is superimposed over a plaque commemorating the explosion in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret aboard the vessel which killed 47 crew members as the IOWA was conducting routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19, 1989. Country: Unknown

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