Did Japanese midget submarines sink the Arizona?

[Sailor Steve]

I've read several books on Jutland and the only one I actually own is Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting, by the great John Campbell. It goes through every phase of the battle, tracking ship movements and gunnery, and describes the path of every shell fired and what damage it did. Of course that doesn't work for the ships that sank, but it's of inestimable value to the fan who likes to count rivets.

It starts with a quick analysis of Dogger Bank and delves into why the British cruiser guys started locking the flash doors open. It also goes into why the Germans started putting flash doors on their ships and why they made sure they were closing properly. It's a reference book, not a reader, but if naval battles interest you it's also a very good read.
http://www.amazon.com/Jutland-Analys...f+the+fighting

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I've read several books on Jutland and the only one I actually own is Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting, by the great John Campbell. It goes through every phase of the battle, tracking ship movements and gunnery, and describes the path of every shell fired and what damage it did. Of course that doesn't work for the ships that sank, but it's of inestimable value to the fan who likes to count rivets.

It starts with a quick analysis of Dogger Bank and delves into why the British cruiser guys started locking the flash doors open. It also goes into why the Germans started putting flash doors on their ships and why they made sure they were closing properly. It's a reference book, not a reader, but if naval battles interest you it's also a very good read.
http://www.amazon.com/Jutland-Analys...f+the+fighting

I'll get on that asap! THNXPSS after an exhausting night examining every aspect of the black powder theory vs the type B armor of the gun deck as opposed to another (8) bomb setting off the small fire in the admirals aft galley etc, etc.I was shocked to note that one admiral avatar for subsim admiral is, in fact, Admiral Kidd's formal portrait. He was of course the Admiral killed on the Arizona that day. Its seems there is also some conjecture as to whether the catapults use a black powder charge, if there was any black powder that day, if the black powder door was left open, and if the converted shell, with its seven second delay FUSE could have penetrated deep causing an oil fire-setting off the black powder...It is generally conceded in both theorys that the shell cannot have penetrated the turret and that the main gun 14 inch bagged ammo is VERY stable requiring a detonator which in normal practice was a black powder pad! Right up there with Richthoffen's autopsy!