Accidental Explosion Disasters in the United States - Mobile Magazine Explosion, USS Iowa Turret Explosion, Port Chicago Disaster, Space Shuttle Challe (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: Mobile magazine explosion, USS Iowa turret explosion, Port Chicago disaster, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Lucy Walker steamboat disaster, 2007 New York City steam explosion, 1967 USS Forrestal fire, Texas City Disaster, West Loch Disaster, Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, Texas City Refinery explosion, Phillips Disaster of 1989, West Pharmaceutical Services explosion, PEPCON disaster, Thiokol-Woodbine Explosion, Great Train Wreck of 1856, 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster, USS Princeton, 1900 Hoboken Docks Fire, SS Quinault Victory, Louisville sewer explosions, Waverly, Tennessee tank car explosion, Phillips explosion of 2000, USS Princeton Disaster of 1844, Phillips explosion of 1999, T2 Laboratories, Sibley Quarry explosion, Bloomfield, Staten Island, Richmond, Indiana explosion, Atlas Foundry Explosion, Sylvania Electric Products explosion. Excerpt: The USS Iowa turret explosion occurred in the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) on April 19, 1989. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. The first investigation into the explosion, conducted by the US Navy, concluded that one of the gun turret crew members, Clayton Hartwig, who died in the explosion, had deliberately caused it. During the investigation, numerous leaks to the media, later attributed to Navy officers and investigators, implied that Hartwig and another sailor, Kendall Truitt, had engaged in a homosexual relationship and that Hartwig had caused the explosion after their relationship had soured. In its report, however, the Navy concluded that the evidence did not show that Hartwig was homosexual but that he was suicidal and had caused the explosion with either an electronic or chemical detonator. The victims'...