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RE: Capsized battleship(s)
Posted by: Tim ()
Date: June 30, 2001 11:09PM

<HTML>The movie correctly showed USS Oklahoma as the capsized BB. I saw a clip on some show or other interviewing one of the sailors trapped \"up\" in the belly of the ship. What was showed in the movie damn near happened to him and the others trapped in that compartment. The were in an air pocket, which kept the water down(couldn\'t compress the air any more). When the rescuers breached the hull, the air started whistling out and the water started creeping up. Does the term \"Oh S*#T\" come to mind? Fortunately the rescue crews managed to enlarge the hole before the water drowned them ... unlike the unfortunate souls in the movie. Bit of interesting trivia. One ship and one aircraft that participated in the Pearl Harbor attack are still in existance. The aircraft was one of the civilian \"Piper Cub\" types up training student pilots that AM. The ship was a tug ... Navy one .... She was converted to a fire boat after the war for the Oakland Ca. Fire Dept. I believe she is still in service. tjk </HTML>

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