I know she blew up but I always read it was an accident, first i am hearing the suicide thing
Well it was never really determined what caused Mutsu to explode but there were three main theories: 1-Accident 2-Disgrunted sailor committing suicide 3-Manufacturing error of the charges or shells
I know she blew up but I always read it was an accident, first i am hearing the suicide thing
I'm guessing it is a common thing to want a scapegoat when you lose a valuable ship outside of combat. A turret blew up on Iowa as well in 1989 and one of the dead sailors was blamed for a suicide attempt. Later investigations show that it was an accident however.
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