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To: beebuster2000

The USS Yorktown was found resting upright on the ocean bottom with all its AA guns pointed defiantly upward.


14 posted on 10/23/2019 6:13:09 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: elcid1970

Yorktown died hard. Made Japanese aviators think they sank two carriers, then still took a submarine torpedo to put her down.

Given enough depth, most sunken ships will settle upright, because that is their natural stability.


15 posted on 10/23/2019 6:52:13 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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