And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The wreck of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, accidentally sunk in December 1946 while in American service, following two underwater nuclear detonation test.
The US Navy assigned the cruiser to the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. Having survived the atomic blasts, Prinz Eugen was towed to Kwajalein Atoll, where she ultimately capsized and sank in December 1946.
Sharp looking ship when in service w/ Kreigsmarine. Appearance wise it was a “mini-Bismarck.” Accompanied Bismarck on its ill-fated mission May 1941. Its similar profile to Bismarck led to confusion on Hood & PoW during initial stages of Battle of Denmark Strait.
"Accidentally" is a stretch. It got nuked, and with no one aboard, the first clue it had suffered unsuspected damage was when it capsized. "Inadvertently", sure. "Accidentally", not so much.
I flew over the Prince many times on the shuttle between Roi-Namur and Kwaj. What an awesome sight. There are more complete and accurate accounts available of why it capsized than Aesop's.
Thanks for acting , CW! Can't you block that little bitch?
ReplyDeleteIgnore the troll, please.
DeleteHow do you "ACCIDENTALLY" sink a ship during a nuclear detonation test?? :-) Someone got demoted!
ReplyDeleteLots of dead fish.
ReplyDeleteThe US Navy assigned the cruiser to the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. Having survived the atomic blasts, Prinz Eugen was towed to Kwajalein Atoll, where she ultimately capsized and sank in December 1946.
ReplyDeleteSharp looking ship when in service w/ Kreigsmarine. Appearance wise it was a “mini-Bismarck.” Accompanied Bismarck on its ill-fated mission May 1941. Its similar profile to Bismarck led to confusion on Hood & PoW during initial stages of Battle of Denmark Strait.
ReplyDelete"Accidentally" is a stretch.
ReplyDeleteIt got nuked, and with no one aboard, the first clue it had suffered unsuspected damage was when it capsized.
"Inadvertently", sure. "Accidentally", not so much.
I flew over the Prince many times on the shuttle between Roi-Namur and Kwaj. What an awesome sight.
ReplyDeleteThere are more complete and accurate accounts available of why it capsized than Aesop's.