Why would you put a reinforced deck on a tanker, Atlantic going or not? They're longitudinally framed, and I figure that might give some more strenght to the deck (Plus the lack of hatchways), but still... Kind of pointless. You're not going to put any loads on the deck, and the Altlantic sure isn't either.
In a storm, you get bending moments, shearing forces and some general twisting of the structures. Ships are built with that in mind - But resisting those efforts as little - Scratch that, nothing - to do with weathering an unexploded bomb impact.
It depends on where the bomb hit, sure. But if it didn't breach the deck, it's a miracle.
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