These design flaws left the ship vulnerable in combat, ultimately sealing its fate. -In 1942, three torpedoes from a Japanese ...

leading to its uncontrollable drift into a pier of the bridge; as one expert says, had the electrical system failed 30 ...

It was badly damaged by bombs and torpedoes, but the order to abandon ship was given only after a secondary explosion set off an uncontrollable fire. (Paul G. Allen) Harris linked the history to ...