"Oren" wrote in message
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But you always have to remember what happened to the crew in the gun
turret of the battleship USS Iowa. O_o

TDD

Fire got into the powder magazine of the turret (IIRC).


The magazine is below the turret and only enough powder to load the guns are
actully in the turret at one time. However that still means there could be
several thousand pounds of powder in the turret.

There seemed to be two theories as to the cause of the explosion. Sabatoge
by someone putting something in the powder. Another is what is called over
ramming the charge.