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George Musulin: Battleship IOWA’s Electrician

Battleship IOWA’s crew is full of unique individuals who’ve come together to create a rather extraordinary team. That team is full of interesting characters… like our electrician, George Musulin.He’s been around for years, and we’d like...

USS THE SULLIVANS And Hull Maintenance

The museum ship industry was saddened recently to see heartbreaking images of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS THE SULLIVANS (DD-537) with a starboard list so significant, her decks were awash almost to the ship’s centerline. No armchair quarterbacking here. For...

CIO David Canfield: Your Story Is Bigger Than Your Trauma

On April 19, 1989 at 9:55 AM local time, the center gun on USS Iowa’s Turret II suffered an open breech explosion (technically a deflagration). 47 sailors working within the turret perished.Vice President and Chief Information Officer David Canfield was a...

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