When do bombs blow up?

• Aug 22, 2017

• #21

Elmas

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USS Mount Hood explosion

USS Mount Hood (AE-11) - Wikipedia
and other accidents

List of accidents and incidents involving transport or storage of ammunition - Wikipedia

 

• Aug 22, 2017

• #22

Old Wizard

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• Sep 10, 2017

• #23

bobbysocks

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I think I read somewhere that the Maine explosion was due to an unknown fire in a coal storage compartment that was next to a powder magazine...which started to Spanish American war.

 

• Sep 11, 2017

• #24

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soulezoo

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As I recall, you are correct. A coal dust explosion, properly.

I watched a documentary where they made a dive on the ship and examined the bulkheads and it was actually quite easy to determine that the explosion came from the inside, and not from a mine or outside explosion.

And yes, William Randolph Hearst profited from fanning the flames of war.