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USS Iowa turret explosion

1989 battleship explosion
Event maritime_disaster Q2713834
USS Iowa turret explosion
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USS Iowa turret explosion

Summary

USS Iowa turret explosion is a maritime disaster[1]. It draws 400 Wikipedia views per month (maritime_disaster category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • USS Iowa turret explosion's image is recorded as USS Iowa BB61 Iowa Explosion 1989.jpg[3].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's instance of is recorded as maritime disaster[4].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's location is recorded as Caribbean[5].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's location is recorded as USS Iowa[6].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's Commons category is recorded as USS Iowa Turret Explosion[7].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's point in time is recorded as +1989-04-19T00:00:00Z[8].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r26j0[9].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+47'}[10].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's investigated by is recorded as United States Navy[11].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's investigated by is recorded as United States Government Accountability Office[12].
  • USS Iowa turret explosion's investigated by is recorded as Sandia National Laboratories[13].

Why It Matters

USS Iowa turret explosion draws 400 Wikipedia views per month (maritime_disaster category, ranking #2 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Sandia National Laboratories

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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