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- From: "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
- Subject: Re: Is this true?
- Message-ID: <C1H2D4.E54@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:39:04 GMT
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- From "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
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- In article <C19nMn.2wn@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Andre Molyneux <andrem@pyrman2.mis.pyramid.com> writes:
- >
- >
- >The discussion of the nuclear test involving the Saratoga got me
- >wondering about what shape the battleship Nevada was in after the
- >test. I had heard (don't know if it was accurate) that the Nevada
- >was near the center of one of the blasts, but wasn't sunk during
- >the test.
- >
- >Do any of the documents that have been quoted have photos or give
- >a description of her condition? Also, how was she eventually sunk?
- >Torpedoes?
-
- I don't have any documents handy, so all this is from my increasingly
- inaccurate memory.
-
- After getting nuked twice, they used the Nevada as a target for torpedo
- planes. When that didn't sink her either, they sent in the Iowa and
- friends, which finally did sink her. (grumble, grumble grumble)
-
- >
- >My curiosity goes back to when I was a young lad in Nevada and
- >went on a field trip to Carson City. While there (maybe at the
- >old state capitol?) we saw the silver set off the battleship
- >named for the state. I remember being quite confused when we
- >were told that the ship had been sunk by the U.S.
-
- I hope they saved a few other relics besides the silver set. The ship
- deserved a better fate than she got.
-
- David R. Wells
-
- DISCLAIMER: My opinions, not AT&Ts.
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