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> separated armoured trunks for fire-fighting water. Huh? They do that? I'd always assumed that space and weight would be at such a premium that they would pum
by jabl 9y ago
> separated armoured trunks for fire-fighting water.
Huh? They do that? I'd always assumed that space and weight would be at such a premium that they would pump fire-fighting water from the sea instead of storing it onboard..
> Wind the clock back to 1945 and there are examples of destroyers remaining semi-operational after Kamikaze strikes; that's a ton of explosives going off. The Fletcher-class USS Newcomb stayed afloat after five Kamikaze strikes and kept manouevring and firing!
Given the general level of carnage in WWII, I'd guess you'll be bound to find outliers like the USS Newcomb you mention. As well as outliers in the other direction, such as capital ships exploding after a single large caliber hit (HMS Hood).
- chipsa 9y agoThey do pump water from the sea for fire fighting. But you need piping to move the water from the sea into the ship. Pipes tend not to work well when they have holes in them. So you need to protect them, or have more than one, or both.