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Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918
Posted by: James Pratt ()
Date: April 16, 2008 03:26PM

"Warship International" magazine should have some info on this ship write them.
"Warship 2005" Has a little bit on this ship. It also has an artical on Pumping and Drainage which discusses why centerline bulkheads like the San Diego had are not a good idea. They cause the ships to capsize when hit by mines or torpedos as what happened to this ship.
Finally, E Keble Chatterton in one or more of his books "Seas of Adventure" states that a ships bow wave will sometimes push a mine out of the way and it will drift back and hit the ship a midships. Which looks what happened to the San Diego and a number of RN Battleships in WW I. One hopes this is of help.

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Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Adam Grohman 03/27/2008 06:58PM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Michael Lowrey 03/28/2008 02:48AM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Adam Grohman 03/28/2008 02:57AM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Michael Lowrey 03/28/2008 03:11AM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Daniel Stern 03/30/2008 02:51AM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 James Pratt 04/16/2008 03:26PM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Bill 06/24/2008 07:16PM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 ph0ebus 06/26/2008 09:03PM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 Bill Ryan 06/27/2008 07:10PM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 greg 07/19/2008 10:50PM
Re: Question about the U.S.S. San Diego sinking...July 19, 1918 James Pratt 07/07/2008 10:58PM


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