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Originally Posted by PacificWolf
Yes youre right, but i wonder how many of them needs to hit a battleship to sunk.
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Musashi was hit by 17 bombs and 19 torpedoes.
Yamato was hit by 12 bombs and 7 torpedoes. Both cases were probably overkill, and I would guess it would take not more than four of five Mk 48s to sink them. Their sister
Shinano was turned into an aircraft carrier which was sunk by 4 torpedoes from USS
Archerfish, but there were special circumstances contributing to her sinking.
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And another question, was there a battleship that was split in two in any war? Im just curious.
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Hood, of course. Any ship suffering a main magazine explosion involving firing charges for 80-100 shells will certain crack the keel and break the ship in two.