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To: Eurale

There were survivors on the Arizona and HMS Barham,both those ships suffered main magazine explosions.


9 posted on 03/16/2008 4:53:39 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Farmer Dean
There were survivors on the Arizona and HMS Barham,both those ships suffered main magazine explosions.

Barham’s crew had already abandoned ship, and the magazine blew up when the ship was in the act of capsizing and sinking.

Arizona was in port, which made rescue efforts easier. Further, when the Arizona settled there were still portions of the ship above water, which made survival more likely. The wreck only slowly settled into the mud under Pearl Harbor over the course of time, and the superstructure was cut off.

17 posted on 03/16/2008 5:11:31 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Liberalism: a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.)
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