uss mississippi turret explosion 1943

Published April 02, 2018 09:40:36. Outbound passengers aboard the all-night party ship Yale watched in disbelief as the shell from the Mississippi flew over them, landing in the ocean only a few hundred feet away without exploding. 12:00 a.m. June 9, 1999: For the Record Los Angeles Times Wednesday June 9, 1999 Home Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Metro Desk 2 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction Battleship photo--A photo of a naval funeral that accompanied the L.A. Then and Now column in Sundays Times was incorrectly credited. Technology. The Navy' s Investigation It said this conclusion was reached even though test mixtures of black powder and propellant were ignited by friction, "but only negative, although not conclusive, results were had from elaborate and extensive tests with an actual rammer.". Was on board 1943-45. . In a chilling reprise of the 1924 disaster, another turret explosion occurred on Nov. 29, 1943 near Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands, killing 43 men. The ships were simulating a chase, firing only their forward turrets at close range. "They were the real gun experts," said retired Rear Adm. Gene LaRocque, a former battleship captain and the founder of the Center for Defense Information in Washington. The old warship was decommissioned in 1956, sold for scrap. In June 1941, in response to the deteriorating war situation in Europe, she was brought back to the Atlantic, operating between the United States and Iceland during much of the rest of that year. She was launched on 27 August 1942 and commissioned on 22 February 1943. I said, again, this is weird. The 1924 disaster was attributed to insufficient air blast to clear the gun barrels, resulting in smoldering debris igniting powder bags as they were rammed in during reloading. 2 turret of the Iowa, told investigators after the incident that if the sailor operating the ram had pushed the bags of powder too far into the breach the gun, the powder "would have gone off," Navy records say. During the latter operation, on 29 November 1943, Mississippi experienced another turret explosion, which took 43 lives . RSS. No Way, Afghanistan: The Avoidable 20-Year Disaster, New Footage Shows Russias New T-90M Tank Going to War in Ukraine, The Collapse of Kamala Harris Is Nearly Complete. 138 killed and 60 injured. The powder ignited the first of two explosions that would rock the ship from stem to stern. The deadly blast aboard the Iowa marked the first explosion in a battleship turret since 1943, when 43 sailors aboard the USS Mississippi were killed, the Government Accountability Office later determined. So when that flame came down, all those powder bags went off, and that was the third and final detonation.". The military looks for scapegoats when people die rather than admit their mistakes or acknowledge that accidents are even possible, Truitt said. Then they found two sailors who had been blown from the turret onto the deck. Naval officers in dress uniforms stood in front as 1200 sailors in dress blues stood on the sides of the coffins. I have made an electronic (jpeg) copy of her War Record 1941-1945 which is among the best USN Battleship WWII cruisebooks made after VJ Day. "This is just from my experience of three years of working and shooting those guns: Eventually the powder bags ripped and the rammer head or the rammer chain sparked, and that's what set off the first explosion," Carr said. MISSISSIPPI. In the case of theIowa, the devastating blast happened toward the tail end of the Cold War, when the Navy felt it needed 600 ships to counter the Soviets. Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writer based in San Fransisco. Mississippiwas a heavily armed battleship by the standards of the day. United States Congress. The aging battlewagon had served longer than most ships at the time, but it had also experienced two rare tragedies, in the same place, under similar circumstances. He said the final technical report on the Iowa explosions had been released to Congress; a congressional source said it concluded that gunner's mate Clayton Hartwig, who died in the blasts, put a bomb made of chemicals into the breech and the bomb exploded and ignited the powder and propellant when compressed by the rammer. "This is essentially what happened. (Photo: U.S. Navy) President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman, had a dream in the early 1980s: A 600-ship fleet. Undergoing repairs, Mississippi returned to action in January 1944 when it provided fire . The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. RLoret 1 yr. ago. Seconds before Turret No. In this role, she carried a variety of old and new guns and radars, while serving with the Operational Development Force in the Atlantic. Then came the blast, which was so strong that it ripped the headphones right off Carr's head. While at Navy Federal, bankers told Hartwig that buying an extra life insurance policy would only cost $4 per month. I was on active duty at that time. The commissioning ceremony aboard the USS Iowa, Feb. 22, 1943. The shell flew harmlessly out to sea. . . Even before the sailors caskets could be shipped to their hometowns, the court of inquiry was underway. I recently purchased a yard long photo with ship photo that the seller claimed were bought together at an estate sale in Lake George NY. Hartwig's father had seen combat in the Navy as a gunner's mate, Truitt said. Navy officials say technical experts conducted more than 20,000 tests on bags of powder taken from the Iowa last spring, including attempts to create an explosion through friction. Smoldering material left in the gun had ignited the powder charge of the next shot. Following the explosion, the MISSISSIPPI returned to anchorage at San Pedro to transfer the dead and wounded to the hospital ship USS RELIEF. The battleship was damaged by suicide planes in both operations. The General Accounting Office and both House and Senate armed services committees are reviewing the Navy's investigation. What's our Navy doing anyway? But it soon became apparent that the World War II-era battleships required too much time, money, and manpower to be overhauled, Carroll said. His work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Esquire, The National Interest, Car and Driver, Men's Health, and many others. Brotherton knew something was drastically wrong when he noticed brownish smoke coming from the No. It was one of the worst disasters suffered by the Navy during peacetime. Funeral services were held June 17 on Trona Field at San Pedro. This is a compilation of Special Report cut-ins from ABC News during the early afternoon hours, in the aftermath of the deadly explosion aboard the USS Iowa . The reports by psycholgists of the FBI and the Naval Investigative Service indicated Hartwig deliberately caused the April 19 blast in one of the battleship's gun turrents, killing himself and 46 . Bipartisan. I collect yard longs - mostly army or armored WWII but do have some Navy. The ceremony was held at San Pedro, California on 17 June 1924. It doesn't make any difference to the crew, their attitude being the same as six months ago, except that boys talk more about the Japs than the Germans. During the early 1920s, the battleship USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) was the pride of the Pacific Fleet. Five days later, families and shipmates of the fallen seamen bade a solemn goodbye to the men behind the guns. It's been 30 years since an explosion inside the number two gun turret on the USSIowakilled 47 American sailors, but for Mike Carr, it still feels like yesterday. Suddenly, in the midst of the barrage, smoke and gas erupted from the rangefinders on either side of the number two turret. Sounding the fire alarm, Brotherton shouted orders to cut electric power, flood the magazines and stop the ship. In 1943, she took part operations against Kiska Island, in the Aleutians, and in the capture of the Gilbert Islands. Here is one of my postings from another collecting forum. Team Mighty. Based on the survivors account, the Navy believed that a fire or burning debris was present in the gun barrel and ignited the powder bags. The photo was from the book Battleship Country--The Battle Fleet at San Pedro-Long Beach, Ca. Truitt was in the magazine below the No. By the way, my uncle's name was Francis Zacharias. This freed up the name USS Mississippi (BB-41) for one of twelve "standard type" battleships, designed with a similar armor scheme, speed, and main armament in order to operate together. In 1943, the big battleship was off the coast of Makin Island, providing naval gunfire support to a . She was present in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945, when Japan formally surrendered and returned to the United States soon thereafter. It was during this period, when on special training maneuvers, that tragedy struck the ship. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. On the eighth salvo, turret two, gun two suffered a rare flare back. The four powder bags inserted into the breech, totaling 470 pounds of explosive powder, caught fire and ignited other bags waiting to be loaded. The aging battlewagon had served longer than most ships at the time, but it had also experienced two rare tragedies, in the same place, under similar circumstances. Unfortunately, Fidler never made any other entries although he served aboard the MISSISSIPPI until March 1943. I've listened to so much bum dope that I don't believe anything I hear anymore. Don't worry about collecting. 1943 - 1943: 9: My father, A.A. Frye was an anti-aircraft gunner's mate on the starboard side. Forty-two sailors were killed and another sixteen wounded. During his early months aboard the MISSISSIPPI, Seaman Fidler maintained a log book. 3 other similar ships, the USS New Jersey, the USS Wisconsin, and the USS Missouri were built at the same time. Two major investigations were underta The hand of a dead crewman in the number two turret accidentally hit the firing switch for the port gun, firing it. It's possible that the powder bags began to smoke because they were old, so the gun captain rammed the bags with too much power. I'm sorry for anyone's personal grief or personal anguish over that.". If anyone knows how to trace yard long personnel to the the active units assigned please let me know thanks. The explosion tore through the No. Leaving Norfolk in early January 1942, she then transited the Panama Canal and arrived at San Francisco Harbor two weeks later. He braved the flames, smoke, and carnage inside the turret to turn on sprinklers so that bags of gunpowder would not go off, and he secured hatches so that the accumulating water would not sink the ship,he told Penthouse in a January 1990 interview. Because there were still unfired rounds in the other two guns of Turret No. After an extensive preliminary bombardment, the Marine assault force headed towards the beach and Mississippi and the other ships increased their rate of fire. Later in the year, she was part of the force that invaded Peleliu and Leyte and defeated a Japanese task force in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Incredibly it had happened again: in their haste to lay down a rain of shells on the Japanese, the gunners of number two turret had apparently experienced yet another flare back. Idaho and four destroyers. TURRET TWO: DAMAGE CONTROL MEASURES FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION . On May 12, 1989, Capt. Mississippi provided gunfire support for the Lingayen landings in January 1945 and for the conquest of Okinawa in March-June. USS Mississippi (BB-41, later AG-128), 1917-1956, DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. "If this story sounds familiar, it's because this is kind of the oldest story ever told around the U.S. The Senator from Michigan has asked for a Court Martial of leading admirals and in the 14th Naval District. It was later determined that 47 sailors were killed by the blast, which occurred as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises 330 miles northeast of Puerto Rico, 19 April 1989. Seaman First Class Fidler was just seventeen years old when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. fully into the war. The World War II Database is founded and managed by USS Turner (DD-648) sank in New York harbor following a series of ammunition explosions. Two days after the attack, accompanied by the battleship IDAHO and a number of destroyers, the Mississippi departed Iceland for Norfolk. The USS Mississippi is home to one of the most intriguing naval coincidences of all time. 2. WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. Mississippiwas instrumental in the testing and eventual fielding of theConvair RIM-2 Terrier, the U.S. Navys first surface-to-air missile. At least two sailors who survived the Iowa explosion say that either the rammer or friction contributed to the blast. In 1943, she took part operations against Kiska Island, in the Aleutians, and in the capture of the Gilbert Islands. She returned to the Pacific in October 1934 to resume her earlier pattern of regular exercises, Fleet Problems and training. . Although each barrel was blasted between firings with pressurized air to evacuate debris, the middle barrel of each turret received a lower pressure burst than the left and right barrels. Thanks for sharing it. Or had she been transferred to the Atlantic Fleet? On 19 April 1989, 47 crewmen were killed in an explosion in the Number Two gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). Assigned to USS IOWA Commissioning Crew on 22 February 1943. In June 1941, USS Mississippi patrolled the North Atlantic. Another 2700 sailors observed the services. Lava's technical capabilities. According to the findings from a 1944 investigation by the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, the explosion in turret No. Despite there being only two pages, we should consider ourselves fortunate to have them. She was commissioned in December 1917, and operated in the western Atlantic area until July 1919, when she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific. He said: "It's no big deal. During the latter operation, on 29 November 1943, Mississippi experienced another turret explosion, which took 43 lives. Almost immediately upon his assignment to the ship, he found himself in the midst of the war, although the U.S. was "officially" neutral at the time. Maybe I will get to see Hotel Street after all. In June 1941, in response to the deteriorating war situation in Europe, she was brought back to the Atlantic, operating between the United States and Iceland during much of the rest of that year. Following repairs, she participated in the capture of Kwajalein in February 1944 and bombarded Japanese-held islands in February and March. Powered by Invision Community, USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) 1924 Turret Explosion, US MILITARIA FORUM - COLLECTORS PRESERVING HISTORY. 2 16-inch gun turret aboard the Iowa (BB-61). Almost instantly, forty-five men and three officers were dead from asphyxiation. Borders Makin Lagoon (Butaritari Lagoon). At roughly one horsepower per ton, she was not terribly fast, with a top speed of just twenty-one knots. As the rammer was withdrawn, there emerged from the breech a small grayish ball of smoke and flame followed by a large flash. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Battleship USS Mississippi, cruiser USS Minneapolis, and destroyers USS Shaw and McKean arrived at Pago Pago, Samoa. An Aichi D3A 'Val' crashed across Abner Read's main deck as it dropped a bomb down one the destroyer's stacks that exploded in the engine room. In November 1943 New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Mississippi formed the Northern Attack Group (TG 52.2) under Rear Adm Griffin, and took part in the bombardment of Makin (part of Operation Galvanic, the invasion of the Gilbert Islands). Sign up for a new account in our community. She was bombed from the air. Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writer based in San Francisco who has appeared in theDiplomat, Popular Mechanics, Foreign Policy,War is Boring,and theDaily Beast. Then No. US Battleship Turret Explosions 1904-1989. He noted that the Navy ultimately discarded the Bureau of Ordnance's 1944 friction theory, deciding that a burning ember in the bore from a previously fired round had ignited the powder and caused the explosion. RSS. 2. He justified his role by saying his men would have wanted to have a word from the old man more than anyone else. I'm looking for any information on a Lt (jg) Millay who served aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41) during it's WWII Pacific Tenure (1942-1945) He was at the Pearl Harbor Naval Barracks Dec 7, 1941 . Australian news report on the USS . A photo taken from the bridge captures the explosion of the No. The new Mississippi displaced 32,000 tons, could make 21 knots, and carried twelve 14 . Does anyone know or have a list of the sailors killed in the Nov. 1943 #2 turret explosion on the USS Mississippi? Also served on USS TENNESSEE, USS KULA GULF (CVE108) and USS FRANK FRIDAY FLETCHER. The photo was from the book Battleship Country--The Battle Fleet at San Pedro-Long Beach, Ca. 1919-1940, by Harvey M. Beigel. If so, please consider supporting us on Patreon. The right gun had just fired and was returned to loading position and the plug opened. During gunnery practice on 12 June 1924, she suffered a turret fire that took the lives of 48 of her crew. A fiery explosion ripped through a huge gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa yesterday, killing an estimated 47 sailors and injuring an undetermined number of others during a . The 1924 disaster was attributed to insufficient air blast to clear the gun barrels, resulting in smoldering debris igniting powder bags as they were rammed in during reloading. 2s 14-inch guns went off again. Debris from firing the big guns had again ignited powder bags, causing the same accident and the same damage. The investigations produced conflicting conclusions. In 1943, she took part operations against Kiska Island, in the Aleutians, and in the capture of the Gilbert Islands. "We all knew each other rather intimately.". 2, the ship was anchored just inside the breakwater. Following repairs, she participated in the capture of Kwajalein in February 1944 and bombarded Japanese-held islands in February and March. -23), the erstwhile Normandie, pride of the Compagnie . . 2 turret as Carr and other sailors donned their firefighting gear. The Case of the U.S.S. Lt. Bruce Coles, a spokesman for the Navy, this week discounted the similarities between the accidents aboard the Iowa and the Mississippi. Navy officials said this week the report on the Mississippi was authentic, but pointed out that it was later overruled by higher-ranking investigators. In 1961 the USS ARIZONA was altered once more. 43 killed, 19 injured. Editorial Guidelines and Publishing Standards. USS New Jersey During World War II . The yard long is dated 1942. Debris from firing the big guns had again ignited powder bags, causing the same accident and the same damage. Despite her forty years of service, Mississippi was bound to tragedy, experiencing two major accidents in the same turret, in the same gun, twenty years apart. In 2009 he cofounded the defense and security blog Japan Security Watch. 2 turret aboard the battleship Mississippi, which also claimed 47 lives. 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In 1924 and 1943, open breech explosions had occurred in the Turret Two center gun aboard Mississippi, each time killing most of the crewmen in the turret. The firing rocked the whole harbor district, shattering windows and critically injuring four men who were caught behind the recoiling gun. Available for both RF and RM licensing. Sandia investigators asked if two similar explosions on the battleship USS Mississippi could be related to the Iowa explosion. She was commissioned in December 1917, and operated in the western Atlantic area . The U.S.A. is now at war with Germany, Japan, and Italy. Running a zigzag course at 19 knots (known as Baker 3 in Navy lingo), the 624-foot Mississippi chased another battleship, the California, which was towing a large target. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. It was also clear that each 16-inch gun turret required more sailors than the Navy could afford to assign. 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