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Martin [Admin]

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I Love Warships
« on: August 25, 2018, 09:57:18 PM »

From Facebook....

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Tulagi with torpedo damage received in the Battle of Tassafaronga, the night before. The photograph was taken on 1 December 1942, as work began to cut away the wreckage of her bow.




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Re: USS Minneapolis
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2018, 10:04:56 PM »
Speaks volumes for water tight compartments that work  :-)) .....[no pun intended]
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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2018, 10:13:40 PM »

More from that Facebook page...  https://www.facebook.com/ilovewarships/

























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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2018, 10:14:44 PM »
 

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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2018, 10:15:32 PM »

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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2018, 04:26:23 PM »
Superb photographs!
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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2018, 09:18:57 PM »
Lovely photos, but what on earth happened to the escort carrier with the distorted flight deck; Internal explosion perhaps?
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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2018, 10:50:47 PM »
Quote from: ballastanksian on August 27, 2018, 09:18:57 PM
Lovely photos, but what on earth happened to the escort carrier with the distorted flight deck; Internal explosion perhaps?
USS Independence was used as a target vessel in the Bikini Atoll Atomic Bomb Testing in 1946, called Operation Crossroads.
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Re: I Love Warships
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2018, 08:18:30 PM »
Ah right. That explains a lot!!
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