NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)— Sailors, veterans, and families gathered at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday morning to mark a somber anniversary, honoring the 47 service members killed aboard the USS Iowa. The ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The Navy is remembering the fallen sailors of the USS Iowa (BB-61). On April 19, 1989, an explosion aboard the battleship claimed the lives of 47 crewmen. The ship's Number Two ...
And in her larger role as mother, Lawrence reflected on the news that the USS Iowa opened earlier this month as a floating museum in Los Angeles Harbor. Her eldest son, Errick, a 1978 graduate of ...