![]() Navy, concluded that one of the gun turret crew members, Clayton Hartwig, who died in the explosion, had deliberately caused it. The first investigation into the explosion, conducted by the U.S. The investigations produced conflicting conclusions. Navy and then one by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Sandia National Laboratories. Two major investigations were undertaken into the cause of the explosion, one by the U.S. ![]() The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. On 19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. ![]() Overramming of powder bags (Sandia Labs inquiry) Debris and smoke fly through the air as USS Iowa 's Turret Two's center gun explodes
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