Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

We remember turret two ...

April 19, 1989

— USS Iowa —

We remember turret two ... Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin W., July 18, 2010

1. We remember turret two ... Marker

Inscription. FC3 T. T. Adams • GM3 R. W. Backherms • EMFA D. C. Battle • GM3(SW) W. S. Blakey • GM3 P. E. Bopp • SR R. J. Bradshaw • LTjg P. E. Buch • SA E. E. Casey • GM2 J. P. Cramer • GM3 M. F. Devaul, Jr. • SA L. Allen Everhart, Jr. • BM2 G. J. Fisk • SN T. D. Foley • SA R. J. Gedeon III • SA B. W. Gendron • SR J. L. Goins • EM3 D. L. Hanson • GM1 E. E. Hanyecz • GM2 C. M. Hartwig • LN1(SW) M. W. Helton • SA S. A. Holt • SR R. L. Johnson, Jr. • SA N. C. Jones, Jr. • SN B. R. Jones • SN M. S. Justice • SN E. J. Kimble • GM3(SW) R. E. Lawrence • FCSA R. J. Lewis • SA J. L. Martinez, Jr. • BM3(SW) T. C. McMullen • SR T. E. Miller • LN1(SW) R. K. Morrison • SN O. L. Moses • GM3 D. A. Ogden • SN R. R. Peterson • GM3 M. R. Price • SR H. E. Romine, Jr. • GMG3 G. S. Schelin • GM3 H. E. Stillwagon • SR T. T. Tatham • GM3 J. E. Thompson • GM2 S. J. Welden • GM3(SW) J. D. White • SR R. M. White • BM2(SW) M. R. Williams • SN J. R. Young • GMCS(SW) R. O. Ziegler

"They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep."

Donated by Owen Foundry
Norfolk, VA. December 1989

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Location. 36° 57.331′ N, 76° 18.734′ W. Memorial is in Norfolk, Virginia. It is in Fleet. It is on Massey Hughes Drive 0.4 miles Maryland Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Marker is on the U.S. Naval Station, on Iowa Point. Hampton Boulevard (State Route 337) ends at Gate 2, where Maryland Avenue begins, inside the naval base. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Norfolk VA 23511, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads,

specifically in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Virginia and Monitor (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Cole (DDG 67) Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); USS Cole DDG 67 (about 700 feet away); Birthplace of Naval Aviation (approx. ¼ mile away); Naval Air Station Norfolk (approx. 0.4 miles away); Navy Mess Attendant School (approx. 0.7 miles away); Naval Aviation Depot, Norfolk (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Birthplace of Naval Aviation (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norfolk.

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for the USS Iowa turret explosion. (Submitted on July 19, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)

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Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2010, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,196 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on July 19, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 19, 2010, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.