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Originally Posted by JetSnake
Are there more than 3 or 4 pictures of the wreckage? I can't find any more in an online search. The photos shown are the detached sail with a huge chunk missing on the aft end, and a couple of close-ups of the bow and a crumpled section. What did happen then?
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The main theories are:
1) MK 37 torpedo battery heated up and eventaully explosion caused secondary exploson of 1 or more torpedo warheads flooding the torpedo room and sinking the sub. This is suggested by evidince of torpedo battrey fires at plants producing Mk 37 torpedos and simulater tests mimicing the Scorpion's 180 degree turn where the report "hot torpedo" was interpited as meaning "hot running torpedo" (an active torpedo in the tube or rack) and causing the submarine to do a 180 degree turn (to enable torpedo safeties- See USS Tang).
2) A MK 37 torpedo became active and was fired after a 180 degree turn but the weapon remained active and homed in on the Scorpion sinking her.
3) The Scorpion was part of a pilot program in which matenace was reduced signifcatnly which may have resaulted in her sinking.
Did I forget any?