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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by Hartmann
USS Indianápolis (CA- 35 9,800 tons) takes two torpedoes launched by Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto, former commanding officer of the Japanese submarine I-58 , and sunk in only 15 minutes.:hmm:
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Indianapolis was a rather small pre-war "heavy" cruiser, and had no anti-torpedo protection whatsoever; hence the quick sinking. |
True, but she was a
warship and thus had far better internal compartmentalisation than a merchant, and 9800t is still a decent size. Fact is many ships are taking too long to sink at present. It's also kind of annoying to blow the prop off a merchant and have it continue motoring along until flooding catches up with it.....