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Death of an American ship videotape

On the Internet there was a video shooting of decommissioned US amphibious assault ship USS Racine, has served in the Navy more 17 years, during the international exercise RIMPAC, passed near Hawaii.

Гибель американского корабля засняли на видео

Racine, given to the place of execution in tow, It was discovered by reconnaissance aircraft of the Japanese Navy. After that, the target fired Japanese destroyers and US coastal missile systems. In total the ship was released about 15 missiles.

In the hold of the ship fire started, on the right side there was a hole about ten meters in length, but the 5100-ton transport remained afloat. Torpedo, released by the Australian anti-submarine aircraft, not fundamentally changed the situation - the ship continued to be on an even keel.

Finally, Class submarines of the US Navy Los Angeles hit the target torpedo Mk 48.

According to the resource experts Military.com, This ammunition is typically used at the end of the teaching, so as a way to "break the backbone of even heavy warship".

About what happened: torpedo explosion caused Racine bounce, after which he broke in two in the bow. And yet the old decommissioned traffic for about an hour was on the surface, before heading to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. reported, that the depth of the area reaches five thousand meters.

                          
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