Sunday, March 26, 2023

Sixteen inch aft gun turret from the Japanese Battleship Mutsu, raised during salvage operations in 1970

 




3 comments:

  1. Sunk by explosion while dockside 1943. Sabotage by a disgruntled crewman. While no individual was named in the commission's final report, its conclusion was that the cause of the explosion was most likely a crewman in No. 3 turret who had recently been accused of theft and was believed to be suicidal. 1,121 killed.

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  2. Is that the range finder built into the turret?

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  3. At least it wasn't destroyed by a disgruntled fecal pusher

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