#magazine explosion

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“DEATH STRUGGLE OF AN AMERICAN SEA WARRIOR,” Brantford [Ontario] Expositor. February 6, 1942. Page 7. ---- Spectacular closeup just released by Navy Department shows battleship Arizona burning after hits by Japanese bombs in sneak attack on Pearl Harbor (Official U.S. Navy Phot from NEA service)

HIT IN MAGAZINE EXPLODES US DESTROYER ---- This picture from Hawaii was taken the moment the magazine of the U.S. Destroyer Shaw exploded a bomb hit in Jap attack, Dec. 7 (Official U.S. Navy Photo from NEA Service.)

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The Italian battleship BENEDETTO BRIN, was lying in Brindisi Harbor on September 28th, 1915, when fire suddenly broke out near the after magazine. Within a very short space of time the magazine exploded and the battleship sank.