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That clickbait gem pops up in other sites, too.

The main thing, is that the Nevada never made it out. She got underway but the Japanese caught her as she made a run to sea - the acting skipper ran her aground at hospital point to prevent the ship from sinking in the channel.

Only a couple ships made it out of the harbor during the attack, none were capital warships.
 
This clickable gem keeps circulating around Facebook and is ridiculously misleading:
"The USS Nevada was the only military ship to make it out of Pearl Harbor intact, so experts couldn't ever figure out why it suddenly sank in 1948. New evidence from the ocean floor, however, is finally putting the puzzle to rest."

Some of the comments on the post are even worse!
It suddenly sank because she was used for target practice for naval gunfire. Not much mystery in that.
 
This clickable gem keeps circulating around Facebook and is ridiculously misleading:
"The USS Nevada was the only military ship to make it out of Pearl Harbor intact, so experts couldn't ever figure out why it suddenly sank in 1948. New evidence from the ocean floor, however, is finally putting the puzzle to rest."

Some of the comments on the post are even worse!

What else would you expect on Farcebook
 
"The Pros & Cons Of Twin-Boom Aircraft" The Pros & Cons Of Twin-Boom Aircraft
-One might think that a website named "Simple Flying" would have some accuracy in aviation related articles. But... :
"Of course, a classic example of twin-boom military aircraft was the de Havilland Mosquito." (They even have a photo of a Mosquito but it is cropped to not show the twin booms.)
"The Vickers Warwick was a British heavy bomber and transport aircraft during World War II. It had a twin-boom design, with the tail assembly mounted between the booms."
-Well, they got the P-38 and Cessna 337 right.
 
"The Pros & Cons Of Twin-Boom Aircraft" The Pros & Cons Of Twin-Boom Aircraft
-One might think that a website named "Simple Flying" would have some accuracy in aviation related articles. But... :
"Of course, a classic example of twin-boom military aircraft was the de Havilland Mosquito." (They even have a photo of a Mosquito but it is cropped to not show the twin booms.)
"The Vickers Warwick was a British heavy bomber and transport aircraft during World War II. It had a twin-boom design, with the tail assembly mounted between the booms."
-Well, they got the P-38 and Cessna 337 right.
They forgot about the G-1? :oops: Shame on them.
 
"Of course, a classic example of twin-boom military aircraft was the de Havilland Mosquito."

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