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Old 06-22-2005, 10:01 AM   #197 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sparten
BTW the Iowa explosion, in the 1980's how badly was the ship damaged?
Well the turret itself was pretty much trashed. No surprise there, the explosion came from within.
Fast, efficient damage control and a LOT of bravery prevented an even larger tragedy. AFAIK, because of this, the rest of the ship was damaged not a whit.

If she would have been in a warzone, she could have carried on with her mission.

I would like to have seen a "modern" ship shrug off the same internal explosion.
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