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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 361030, member: 23&quot;]Huh.&nbsp; My husband is impressed that you knew that.&nbsp; Which ship were you on?&nbsp; Were you part of the convoy?&nbsp; He filmed the voyage on Super 8 (no sound) going through the Panama Canal, on board, etc.&nbsp; The Navy took the portion of the film just prior to and just after the event.&nbsp; The next part of the film shows them being towed to the Philippines by their anchor chain.&nbsp; He was a Yeoman and was in the Bursar&#039;s office counting money when they hit the ordnance.&nbsp; He said the ship raised up out of the water, came down and money rained down.&nbsp; It hit the second time and blew a hole in the side. A miracle no one died.&nbsp; They were taking on twice as much water as they were pumping off for awhile.&nbsp; He was the Captain&#039;s &#039;talker&#039; on deck.&nbsp; The Captain would give an order and he&#039;d repeat it in the radio.&nbsp; They had to sleep on deck after the event because there were no lights and so much damage below.&nbsp; The Navy kept it in drydock in Subic Bay for four months pretending to fix it so the North Vietnamese wouldn&#039;t count it as a loss.&nbsp; There is still some question whether it was mines or if a plane ditched a load of ammunition in the wrong spot before it landed on a carrier or if the ship was in the wrong place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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