one of my dads old work colleagues was onboard this ship when it was dive bombed by jap planes.one of the bombs went straight down one of the funnels ripping the ship apart.the guy in question was blown clear over the side of the ship at least 30 feet in the air.he hit the water unconscious and one of his shipmates brought him round.he went on to tell the story of how he became one of the 'lucky ones'.apart from the bomb blast killing a lot of his shipmates a large number of crewmembers were killed by roaming sharks.it still brings tears to his eyes when he tells that story to this very day.