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To: NRx

Did they ever figure out if the Maine center fuel tank exploded due to a short?

5 posted on 07/24/2016 12:29:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido

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Not that I am aware of. Wikipedia has a good article on the subject...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)#Sinking

7 posted on 07/24/2016 12:37:11 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)

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To: Larry Lucido

I thought it was established that it was due to coal bunkering. The ignition of coal dust.

17 posted on 07/24/2016 2:04:25 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)

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