Author: Richard L. Schwoebel
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557508102
Category : Marine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written by the head of the technical investigating team, this book examines the key factors in the 1989 explosion that killed 47 crewmen.
Explosion Aboard the Iowa
Author: Richard L. Schwoebel
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557508102
Category : Marine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written by the head of the technical investigating team, this book examines the key factors in the 1989 explosion that killed 47 crewmen.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557508102
Category : Marine accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written by the head of the technical investigating team, this book examines the key factors in the 1989 explosion that killed 47 crewmen.
Issues Arising from the Explosion Aboard the U.S.S. Iowa
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A Glimpse of Hell
Author: Charles C. Thompson
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393047141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Probes the explosion of the center gun on the USS Iowa, a disaster that killed several sailors onboard instantly, and the fouled investigation that took followed, resulting in a large-scale cover-up that almost ruined forever the reputation of innocent men.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393047141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Probes the explosion of the center gun on the USS Iowa, a disaster that killed several sailors onboard instantly, and the fouled investigation that took followed, resulting in a large-scale cover-up that almost ruined forever the reputation of innocent men.
Review of Explosion Aboard the Iowa
Author: IJ. Rimson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explosion
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
On April 19, 1989, northeast of the island of Puerto Rico, 500 pounds of high explosive propellant charge exploded in the open-breech of the center 16′′ gun in USS Iowa's turret 11. The resulting blast overpressures, secondary explosions and fires killed 47 crewmen within the turret stmcture. The robustness of the turret assembly, which extended from the main deck to the keel, fortunately withstood the blast and prevented more widespread damage throughout the ship. The explosion was a major embarrassinent for the Navy. Its battleships had been reactivated for service in the Middle East, the third time since their launching late in WWII. They were widely touted as invulnerable to enemy attack. Much to the Navy's chagiin it appeared that self-destruction might be a more realistic alternative.
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ISBN:
Category : Explosion
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
On April 19, 1989, northeast of the island of Puerto Rico, 500 pounds of high explosive propellant charge exploded in the open-breech of the center 16′′ gun in USS Iowa's turret 11. The resulting blast overpressures, secondary explosions and fires killed 47 crewmen within the turret stmcture. The robustness of the turret assembly, which extended from the main deck to the keel, fortunately withstood the blast and prevented more widespread damage throughout the ship. The explosion was a major embarrassinent for the Navy. Its battleships had been reactivated for service in the Middle East, the third time since their launching late in WWII. They were widely touted as invulnerable to enemy attack. Much to the Navy's chagiin it appeared that self-destruction might be a more realistic alternative.
Battleships
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Battleships
Author: United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985579859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
T-NSIAD-91-2 Battleships: Issues Arising From the Explosion Aboard the U.S.S. Iowa
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985579859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
T-NSIAD-91-2 Battleships: Issues Arising From the Explosion Aboard the U.S.S. Iowa
Battleships: Issues Arising from the Explosion Aboard the U.S.S. IOWA.
A Glimpse of Hell
Author: Charles C. Thompson, II
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780756770273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A harrowing account of a disaster at sea. In April 1989, during a training exercise, the center gun in Turret 2 of the battleship USS Iowa blew up. A botched invest. of the 47 fatalities began hours after the explosion. At Capt. Fred Moosally's order, 250 sailors labored to clean up the scarred turret, heaving steel plates and equip. overboard and scrubbing off splatters of gore before painting the structure inside and out. A technical team lost key evidence while conducting tests that proved nothing but the team's own incompetence. The effort to pin blame for the explosion on Seaman Clayton Hartwig, who died in the explosion, supposedly acting to revenge a thwarted homosexual affair, ultimately destroyed careers up the chain of command of the U.S. Navy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780756770273
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A harrowing account of a disaster at sea. In April 1989, during a training exercise, the center gun in Turret 2 of the battleship USS Iowa blew up. A botched invest. of the 47 fatalities began hours after the explosion. At Capt. Fred Moosally's order, 250 sailors labored to clean up the scarred turret, heaving steel plates and equip. overboard and scrubbing off splatters of gore before painting the structure inside and out. A technical team lost key evidence while conducting tests that proved nothing but the team's own incompetence. The effort to pin blame for the explosion on Seaman Clayton Hartwig, who died in the explosion, supposedly acting to revenge a thwarted homosexual affair, ultimately destroyed careers up the chain of command of the U.S. Navy.
Battleships
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Battleships
Author: Frank C. Conahan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Battleships
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description