Today 54 years ago

[I-25]

30°16'54.N

128° 1'19E


do yo know what happened?


RIP

[Jimbuna]

The Yamato was sunk.

[HunterICX]

that was 64 years ago, the title is a bit misleading

the yamoto was sunk on 7th of April 1945

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Yeo....my bad eyes

[Raptor1]

Damn these infernal timezones

Today is April 8th...

[Torplexed]

Wasn't it 54 years ago today that Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play?

As for Yamato, it's been a rough 64 years...

[GoldenRivet]

man... i didnt realize the wreckage was that bad looking

[Max2147]

That's what happens when the magazines of the biggest battleship ever built blow up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ya..._explosion.jpg

[NeonSamurai]

Most deeper water wrecks tend to look like that, particularly with sudden sinkings or where there is a lot of trapped air. Air is what does that damage combined with sea pressure. This is why with the Titanic the forward 2/3rds of the ship are virtualy intact other then impact damage and the back section is almost flattened. The forward section was almost completely flooded while the back section was not. Now as stated above an explosion like that will also rip a ship apart. I have to admit though that I am surprised by how close the clusters of wreckage are after such an explosion.

[Rockstar]

I thought trapped air tended to compress rather than expand when sinking to the murky depths of the ocean. Cause of that kind of damage I suspect would've most likely been from damage suffered while being attacked on the surface then finished up by a tremendous impact she suffered on the ocean floor.


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[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Max2147

That's what happens when the magazines of the biggest battleship ever built blow up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ya..._explosion.jpg

Yes, some time ago i had known this little bit of information about the main magazine detonating... but i had forgotten how it ended for the big ship.

I would have to say that must have been one hell of an explosion.

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

I thought trapped air tended to compress rather than expand when sinking to the murky depths of the ocean. Cause of that kind of damage I suspect would've most likely been from damage suffered while being attacked on the surface then finished up by a tremendous impact she suffered on the ocean floor.
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Like I said the Titanic is the classic example of an implosion (the stern section) This is partly why the bow is much more intact then the stern. Its like when a submarine hits crush depth and implodes, its basically the same effect with trapped air in a ship where the structure takes the surrounding sea pressure until it implodes. This is more common when the ship after slipping beneath the surface drops fast to the bottom which causes the rapid compression of the air (and surrounding structure with it) causing an implosion.

With the Yamato most of the damage would have been caused by the explosion (the splayed out edges tend to indicate an internal explosion, torpedo hits and bomb hits tend to bend the metal inwards if they exploded on the outside), further damage would have been caused by the impact with the sea floor, and internally in the less damaged sections implosions would have likely occured inside the hull.

[I-25]

lol my mistake.... 64 years it is n.n

[GoldenRivet]

just watched the episode of "Dogfights: end of the Japanese Navy" on you tube

pretty cool video

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

I thought trapped air tended to compress rather than expand when sinking to the murky depths of the ocean. Cause of that kind of damage I suspect would've most likely been from damage suffered while being attacked on the surface then finished up by a tremendous impact she suffered on the ocean floor.


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It will compress to a point where it will become superheated and then violently expand.

If you have ever seen deep underwater demolitions you can see (and feel) this effect. It is pretty cool