[henkster]

South Dakota’s damage was not that bad. Now, West Virginia, on the other hand, took something like 8 torpedoes at Pearl Harbor. She came out the yard at Bremerton looking like an entirely different vessel. But despite the damage, she still had not been gutted by fire.

I think in this case, it’s more like the damage to the USS Franklin. The Franklin didn’t sink and made it back to New York under her own power, but she was written off.

[hanamizu]

West Virginia, on the other hand, took something like 8 torpedoes at Pearl Harbor.

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She capsized. Men could hear sailors trapped inside pointing out messages in code. The last ones stopped on the 25th...

[OldMissileer]

I think in this case, it’s more like the damage to the USS Franklin. The Franklin didn’t sink and made it back to New York under her own power, but she was written off.

The Franklin Comes Home by A.A. Hoehling. I read this book many years ago and it is very well written and fast paced.

The men onboard that ship were heroes.