Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: USS IOWA Message-ID: <1990Jun29.025716.7327@cbnews.att.com> Date: 29 Jun 90 02:57:16 GMT References: <1990Jun11.211201.18187@cbnews.att.com> <1990Jun27.021058.1535@cbnews.att.com> <1990Jun28.025910.19410@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Lines: 32 Approved: military@att.att.com From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz > Some fire pumps couldn't be operated, and there wasn't enough > pumping capacity remaining to fight the fire. Breathing apparatus ran > out of air. Eventually, fire spread near the magazines, and Sheffield > was abandoned. She was finally sunk by the Royal Navy. [deleted] > Standard Disclaimer: My opinions, not the Navy's >From memory, the RN didn't sink the Sheffield, it was taken under tow and bad weather developed, which caused the ship to be swamped. By this stage all that was left was a burnt out hull (seen from photos). The irony of all this was, that the ships that were actually in the front line had no anti missile missiles, while those that did, were kept back with the rest of the fleet. Maybe if they'd had a couple up front, it would have been different. -- ============================================================================== | Hamish Marson | Internet hamish@waikato.ac.nz | | Computer Support Person | Phone (071)562889 xt 8181 | | Computer Science Department | Amiga 3000 for ME! | | University of Waikato | | ============================================================================== |Disclaimer: Anything said in this message is the personal opinion of the | | finger hitting the keyboard & doesn't represent my employers | | opinion in any way. (ie we probably don't agree) | ==============================================================================