You are aware that a Japanese bomb hit the Arizona's powder magazine? When the magazine went off, it was probably 10s of thousands of pounds of explosives going off at once. The explosion would have vaporized hundreds nearby, the concussion would have instantly killed hundreds more. The ship broke apart, so water rushed in an drowned many more.91AggieLawyer said:
Those of you that have been there may be able to explain, but one thing I've never understood about the Arizona is that given how close it was to land, how come more sailors didn't survive? I know many were killed by the bombardment but were all the ones killed that way or trapped below?
CanyonAg77 said:You are aware that a Japanese bomb hit the Arizona's powder magazine? When the magazine went off, it was probably 10s of thousands of pounds of explosives going off at once. The explosion would have vaporized hundreds nearby, the concussion would have instantly killed hundreds more. The ship broke apart, so water rushed in an drowned many more.91AggieLawyer said:
Those of you that have been there may be able to explain, but one thing I've never understood about the Arizona is that given how close it was to land, how come more sailors didn't survive? I know many were killed by the bombardment but were all the ones killed that way or trapped below?
Gota De Limon said:CanyonAg77 said:You are aware that a Japanese bomb hit the Arizona's powder magazine? When the magazine went off, it was probably 10s of thousands of pounds of explosives going off at once. The explosion would have vaporized hundreds nearby, the concussion would have instantly killed hundreds more. The ship broke apart, so water rushed in an drowned many more.91AggieLawyer said:
Those of you that have been there may be able to explain, but one thing I've never understood about the Arizona is that given how close it was to land, how come more sailors didn't survive? I know many were killed by the bombardment but were all the ones killed that way or trapped below?
The explosion was so violent that the ship was literally raised out of the water before breaking in two.
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You are aware that a Japanese bomb hit the Arizona's powder magazine?
CanyonAg77 said:Gota De Limon said:CanyonAg77 said:You are aware that a Japanese bomb hit the Arizona's powder magazine? When the magazine went off, it was probably 10s of thousands of pounds of explosives going off at once. The explosion would have vaporized hundreds nearby, the concussion would have instantly killed hundreds more. The ship broke apart, so water rushed in an drowned many more.91AggieLawyer said:
Those of you that have been there may be able to explain, but one thing I've never understood about the Arizona is that given how close it was to land, how come more sailors didn't survive? I know many were killed by the bombardment but were all the ones killed that way or trapped below?
The explosion was so violent that the ship was literally raised out of the water before breaking in two.
If I'm doing my math right, that's a ship jumping out of the water that weighed as much as 740 loaded Semi trucks.
1989 said:
My uncle is entombed in the ARIZONA. Cut down at 18 years of age that fateful day.
CanyonAg77 said:You are aware that a Japanese bomb hit the Arizona's powder magazine? When the magazine went off, it was probably 10s of thousands of pounds of explosives going off at once. The explosion would have vaporized hundreds nearby, the concussion would have instantly killed hundreds more. The ship broke apart, so water rushed in an drowned many more.91AggieLawyer said:
Those of you that have been there may be able to explain, but one thing I've never understood about the Arizona is that given how close it was to land, how come more sailors didn't survive? I know many were killed by the bombardment but were all the ones killed that way or trapped below?