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CWorth · 12-17-06, 11:19 PM

Pic of the SS Ohio after the damage and in port..

http://content.answers.com/main/cont...5/The_ohio.jpg

During the convoy's journey she was torpedoed and hit several times by bombs, and by a Junker JU-87 dive-bomber which crashed onto her deck. With a wrecked engine room and nearly broken in half, she was abandoned and reboarded twice but was eventually towed into Grand Harbour whilst sandwiched between two destroyers (HMS Penn and Ledbury) to deliver most of her original cargo of 12,000 tons of diesel and kerosene to the beleaguered island. Her captain was subsequently awarded the George Cross.

The big thing here is people have to drop the Hollywood mindset of 1 torpedo and the ship blows to splinters.It simply does not work that way.

12-17-06, 11:19 PM	#11
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Pic of the SS Ohio after the damage and in port.. http://content.answers.com/main/cont...5/The_ohio.jpg During the convoy's journey she was torpedoed and hit several times by bombs, and by a Junker JU-87 dive-bomber which crashed onto her deck. With a wrecked engine room and nearly broken in half, she was abandoned and reboarded twice but was eventually towed into Grand Harbour whilst sandwiched between two destroyers (HMS Penn and Ledbury) to deliver most of her original cargo of 12,000 tons of diesel and kerosene to the beleaguered island. Her captain was subsequently awarded the George Cross. The big thing here is people have to drop the Hollywood mindset of 1 torpedo and the ship blows to splinters.It simply does not work that way.