MUTSU’s true fate?
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:05:04 -0500 (CDT)
>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:12:47 -0400
>From: Terry S
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>While someone may feel that the Mutsu blew up at sea with a load of special
>ammunition, let me assure you that that was not the case. I spent a pleasant
>(and completely unexpected, by the way) afternoon diving on the wreck in mid
>1970; the ship sank at its buoy off the Inland Sea down near Hiroshima
>(Iwakuni? It’s been a long time).
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>I had a number of photos of salvaged portions of the wreck published a few
>years back in Warship International. I’ve still got a small piece of the
>main gun propellant; I chip off a few flakes and light them up (big column of
>flame, even after fifty odd years of underwater and deskdrawer storage) to
>impress the locals now and then.
>
>Terry S