Actually, the Brits captured the Prinz Eugen and gave it to the Americans.
The Americans re-christened the ship as the USS Prinz Eugen and it was taken to Bikini for the test. it was nuked twice, survived, but, turned turtle and sank on it’s way back to Seattle for breaking.
One of my life’s goals is for us to sail to Kwajalein and get some close up (but not too close) pictures of the stern sticking up out of the water. It’s not QUITE on the way to Australia, but, we can try.
Interesting thread. I wonder if they monitoring the radioactivity on those islands in a way you can view from the internet.
You’d think so by now, right? You’d also thing there would be a research interest in doing so.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki both are thriving cities? Why? What is the science behind that?
2767 tons of distillate would be about 749,850 gallons.
2767 tons of Number 6 oil would be about 863,300 gallons.
If you do, be sure and post them here.
As for recovering the oil, they’re just doing their enviro-whacko due diligence. I’m surprised they haven’t pumped out the Arizona yet ... or maybe they have? I forget.
Just tell the Indonesians where to find her, I’m sure they’ll have her parted out into razor blades and such in no time (much like poor HMS Exeter)