Talk:USS Iowa (BB-61)

Re-commission vs. 2nd commission
and I had a conversation over this debate and decided that 2nd commission was the correct term, but I just wanted to make sure everyone else agrees before changing the wording on an article I did not help create A 10 fireplane (talk) 20:34, 25 April 2018 (UTC) A 10 fireplane (talk) 20:34, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Anyone who is interested, the conversation A 10 fireplane references took place here: Talk:USS Oregon (BB-3)  Participation is welcomed for a solid consensus on the issue. --->  Darryl.P.Pike (talk) 21:33, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

About this talk page FAQ, aren't several questions just general Wikipedia Help stuff?
After reading the documentation for Talk:FAQs this morning I looked at a few random FAs for examples of good multi-question FAQ subpages. I was not surprised to see the page length, but I was surprised how 2006 and non-subject-specific some of the questions are. I was going to BOLDLY remove some, but decided this deserved at least a courtesy discussion. BusterD (talk) 16:13, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Suggest removing per your post. North8000 (talk) 17:12, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Inaccurate information on turret explosion?
there is a point in the article where it states "In April 1989, an explosion of undetermined origin wrecked her No. 2 gun turret, killing 47 sailors."

The inaccuracy I'd like to address is the supposedly unknown origin of the fire. It is my understanding that the Navy determined that the explosion was caused by 2 main factors.

1 Being the use of old and unsafe propellant to fire a round as per the orders of one of the officers on board while conducting a firing exercise.

The second factor being that the unstable bag of propellant was likely over-rammed during the loading process which likely put it under too much pressure causing it to ignite prematurely before the breach had been sealed allowing the inferno to engulf the room and all the crew inside.

If anyone else can comment on this and either confirm that I have the correct information (I want to make sure before I edit anything) or cite a source explaining why I'm wrong (which is very possible) I would appreciate the second opinion. Camandersol (talk) 07:07, 26 May 2024 (UTC)