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Subject:
USS Iowa explosion / BB Turret Design
slowball
6/21/2004 1:39:34 AM
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| The rumblings about reactivating the Iowa class battleships (which will never happen) has reminded me about the turret explosion that occurred on the Iowa.
Does anyone here remember what the conclusion of the idependent investigation was (I was only a kid at the time)? Is the report available on the internet? I can only find that it was believed to be an overram caused by insufficiently trained crew.
I also recall hearing that when the turrets were designed, accidents of that nature were expected to occur (eg. 1 in every 5,000 firings) but that the risks was deemed acceptable due to wartime circumstances. I think it had to do with there being no feasible design alternative. Does anyone have any info on this? |
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