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Aktungbby · 08-18-13, 04:14 PM

Exactly: The Arizona which had been placed "in ordinary" at her berth went to general quarters at O7:55 and was struck by a converted (wooden fin conversion) 16" shell from a level bomber, at 9800 ft., at 08:10. This penetrated the deck adjacent to main forward magazine which it might well have survived, but unfortunately hitting the small 1000 lb ceremonial BLACK POWDER magazine, which acted as the necessary detonator, penetrating the main magazine, and causing the immediate demise of 1172 crewmen-84% of the ships compliment. After Jutland in 1916, the losses of several British capital ships (5) due to careless powder handling had caused a general reformation of practices of most modern navies and powder would not have been lying about. Navy Cool powder bags just do not usually go off without a proper detonator as in the Iowa turret disaster. The small black powder magazine provided such. Ironically, Americas final shot was the bomb at Hiroshima: both halves of the uranium ball were blown together by BLACK POWDER to create the immediate critical mass to explode over the city. Nothing goes entirely out of service.

08-18-13, 04:14 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,955 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Exactly: The Arizona which had been placed "in ordinary" at her berth went to general quarters at O7:55 and was struck by a converted (wooden fin conversion) 16" shell from a level bomber, at 9800 ft., at 08:10. This penetrated the deck adjacent to main forward magazine which it might well have survived, but unfortunately hitting the small 1000 lb ceremonial BLACK POWDER magazine, which acted as the necessary detonator, penetrating the main magazine, and causing the immediate demise of 1172 crewmen-84% of the ships compliment. After Jutland in 1916, the losses of several British capital ships (5) due to careless powder handling had caused a general reformation of practices of most modern navies and powder would not have been lying about. Navy Cool powder bags just do not usually go off without a proper detonator as in the Iowa turret disaster. The small black powder magazine provided such. Ironically, Americas final shot was the bomb at Hiroshima: both halves of the uranium ball were blown together by BLACK POWDER to create the immediate critical mass to explode over the city. Nothing goes entirely out of service. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 08-18-13 at 05:27 PM.