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USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 08. 2005 20:16

bashts	This might sound strange, but the USS Arizone was not sunk by a AP Bomb, it was sunk by a 14" inch AP shell. I was in a book store one day, looking for a CV book, because I was so amazed by CV's ( and I SO WANT ONE IN NF!) and I found this Pearl Harbor book, and was bored so I was looking through the pages and read some of it, and there was this bolded part, talking about how the USS Arizona sunk, and it said that the USS Arizona was sunk by a AP shell. It said that when the Japanese was planning the attack, they did not have any Armor- Piercing Bombs to use, so they took a 14" inch BB's APC shell and glued some fins on it, vuala, a APC Bomb, and I also heard that it was by chance the bomber dropped the bomb and it went into the ammo compartment. My teacher says it was a lucky shot too. PS. But not sure if all this is true, a lot of books can be wrong.

bashts

This might sound strange, but the USS Arizone was not sunk by a AP Bomb, it was sunk by a
14" inch AP shell. I was in a book store one day, looking for a CV book, because I was so
amazed by CV's ( and I SO WANT ONE IN NF!) and I found this Pearl Harbor book, and was
bored so I was looking through the pages and read some of it, and there was this bolded part,
talking about how the USS Arizona sunk, and it said that the USS Arizona was sunk by a AP
shell. It said that when the Japanese was planning the attack, they did not have any Armor-
Piercing Bombs to use, so they took a 14" inch BB's APC shell and glued some fins on it, vuala,
a APC Bomb, and I also heard that it was by chance the bomber dropped the bomb and it went
into the ammo compartment. My teacher says it was a lucky shot too.

PS. But not sure if all this is true, a lot of books can be wrong.

Re : USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 09. 2005 08:26

elkev	They were converted shells from the Nagato. In Pearl Harbor the Battleships were lined up in pairs. Japan had origonaly planned for a mostly torpedo attack but when a Jap spy at Pearl Harbor sent info back on location and organization of the fleet Japan realised it needed bombs. Japan did have AP bombs just not enough at that time. To make up for the short supply in bombs shells from the Nagato were converted and one of those shells was droped into the crater from a previous bomb and went into the ammo campartment of the Arizona and that was all she wrote.

elkev

They were converted shells from the Nagato.

In Pearl Harbor the Battleships were lined up in pairs. Japan had origonaly planned
for a mostly torpedo attack but when a Jap spy at Pearl Harbor sent info back on
location and organization of the fleet Japan realised it needed bombs.

Japan did have AP bombs just not enough at that time. To make up for the short
supply in bombs shells from the Nagato were converted and one of those shells was
droped into the crater from a previous bomb and went into the ammo campartment
of the Arizona and that was all she wrote.

Re : USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 09. 2005 08:14

bashts	Maybe I should had never brought this up, and that's what it said in the World War II book, and what are you talking about RN poster? Actually don't tell me, I rather let this post rot away...

Re : USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 09. 2005 03:59

derBerserker	It's true the Japanese used slightly modified 14" and 15" AP shells with fins as bombs in this attack. But this is not a "new" info as it is stated in most sites/books about the attack on pearl harbour.

Re : USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 09. 2005 02:59

otangryguy	the poster didn't say the shell came from a RN BB...

Re : USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 08. 2005 21:51

stormvanger	Uh... no. The japanese were not using re-tooled royal navy ordnance. They had their own. They were noted for buying or obtaining ordnance from other countries and studying it extensively to improve on or defend against it. So I'm sure it's possible they got a design or two out of RN ordnance. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.

Re : USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb!
12. 08. 2005 21:00

spark6	cool, how old are you?

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USS Arizona was sunk by a BB's APC shell not by a bomb! 12. 08. 2005 20:16

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