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Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?
IMO, I diagree. I'm pretty sure the Japanese had safeties on their steam systems from the boilers so there shouldn't be any explosions. Eventually the steam pressures would cease, they'd lose their ship service generators, so all electrical, hydraulics, etc; wouldn't operate.
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LTNS you ole yard bird.
Perhaps I should explain. What was meant is that if she went aground or beached I agreee the saftey's certainly would have lifted to relief the boiler pressure. (A common in steam boiler design). But tossing the men in engineereing around against those hot boilers would certainly not have made their job any easier. Now I'm not sure of her boiler train design but I would guess that she was whats considered a "locked" system meaning if one piece of equiptment was turning then the entire equipment set is turning as well as the shaft and props. Once those props dug in on the beach IMO would have wrenced their machinery from their mounts and done untold damage to the structure and crews below probably touching off several fires from broken lines and fuel tank ruptures. This intern may have easily capsized the ship over onto her side just from whip and momentum alone. Therefore rendering the idea of a "static" battery capable of firing from the beach pretty much scrap metal and one hell of a tourist attraction for years to come.
Nice to know your still here Pal.