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Old 09-23-10, 05:04 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Tigershark624 View Post
Wasn't the Shinano sunk with one torpedo, seventeen hours after being struck? I'm referring to the sister of the Yamato and Musashi that was converted to an aircraft carrier (in case I got the name wrong). Of course, she left port unfinished, with open holes in the watertight bulkheads where conduit was supposed to be.
Nope, four torpedoes, of six fired. And because she was unfinished she was running shallow, which caused all four to hit right on the seam between the anti-torpedo bulges and the hull, which made it worse.
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