US Navy investigating 99 year old wreck of the USS San Diego

Discussion in 'Full Scale' started by dietzer, Sep 20, 2017.

  1. dietzer

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  2. Anachronus

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    I can't wait to see what they come up with.
     
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    I'd love to see some good pictures of the wreck, or a nice photo mosaic of the whole site,

    But the reason given for the expedition seems slightly ridiculous. Whether it was a mine or torpedo the reason for the ships sinking is fairly well known, the damage caused the port engine room and adjacent fireroom to immediately flood. The large size of the engine rooms and the centerline bulkhead between them (whose danger is now well known) caused a rapid 17.5 degree list. Poor watertight integrity and low casemates did the rest.... defects of nearly every ship of the era.

    The wreck has been visited many times and was largely intact at least until the late 80's... but has now begun to collapse.
     
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