[Portcall24]

This past year our American Legion Post here in Virginia lost a patriot who was there. His CPO order him to secure a bulkhead with fellow sailors on the other side. He heard their screams until his passing.

[rlmorel]

Ugh. Shipboard fire and flooding. Just awful. For me, reading Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal by James Hornfischer really made think on that subject. The carnage was appalling, explosions, fire, flooding, and...worse. And for every Marine or soldier who died on Guadalcanal, three sailors will killed in the warfare at sea.

Having spent some time on a warship (as you sound like you have) you can almost imagine it. Almost.