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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
The fact is that there is not enough left of the magazine area to ascertain exactly what happened, so everything is guesswork. The "black powder" theory was proposed in a 1944 BuShips report. The explosion of the shell itself (it wasn't a 'bomb' in the proper sense) could just as easily have ignited the powder in the main magazine.
I only questioned your summation this way because you stated it so emphatically, as though it were a proven fact, when in fact it's not a fact at all.
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I agree with you. So I'm amazed at the google sites stating the matter with emphasis myself. I merely reiterate what they say. May even call guide at monument to check reference...
