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To: Bull Snipe

Fortunately, the USS West Virginia was deliberately run aground during the Pearl Harbor attack, thereby saving one more capital ship to return to battle.


3 posted on 09/23/2022 5:26:40 AM PDT by Does so (https//youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Does so

I believe it was the Nevada that managed to get under steam but beached when the captain realized they would not make open water.


4 posted on 09/23/2022 5:53:19 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Does so

That was not West Virginia. USS Nevada BB36 was able to get under way during the attack. She was hit with one torpedo and 6 bombs she beached herself to keep from sinking in the channel. West Virginia was moored at the time she was hit with at least 6 torpedoes. She sank an even keel. Had it not been for some quick action to counter flood her inboard tanks, she would have rolled over like Oklahoma did.


7 posted on 09/23/2022 7:04:15 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Does so

USS Nevada is the one that got up steam, but beached rather than chance sinking in the main channel.


9 posted on 09/23/2022 8:55:45 AM PDT by Tallguy
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