Ship's Log
USS Iowa BB-61: The Reagan-Era Battleship Returns
USS Iowa BB-61 was recommissioned in 1984 after 26 years in mothballs, then lost 47 sailors when Turret II's center gun exploded during a gunnery exercise on April 19, 1989.
USS San Jacinto CG-56: The 1991 Desert Storm Deployment
USS San Jacinto CG-56 launched the opening Tomahawk salvo of Operation Desert Storm at 12:30 a.m. on January 17, 1991, striking Iraqi command and control targets from the Red Sea.
USS Nimitz CVN-68: The 1985 WESTPAC Deployment
USS Nimitz CVN-68 ran a 1985 Western Pacific deployment with CVW-9 embarked, conducting presence operations and exercises with allied navies during the sustained Cold War competition in the Pacific.
USS Cole DDG-67: The 2000 Aden Bombing
USS Cole DDG-67 was struck by an Al-Qaeda suicide bomb boat while refueling in Aden, Yemen on October 12, 2000, killing 17 sailors — but her crew's damage control efforts kept the ship afloat.
USS Indianapolis CA-35: The Last Voyage
USS Indianapolis CA-35 delivered atomic bomb components to Tinian before being sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945; only 317 of roughly 900 survivors were rescued four days later.
General Quarters: Manning Battle Stations in the U.S. Navy
General Quarters is the Navy's highest state of readiness, sending every sailor to a battle station and setting condition Zebra to seal the ship's watertight compartments for combat or damage.