America wrecked them.

Well Mutsu sank because a sailor committed suicide by blowing up the magazine for the third turret hence all of Mutsu's references third turret

MajorAmiruddin said:

Well Mutsu sank because a sailor committed suicide by blowing up the magazine for the third turret hence all of Mutsu's references third turret

I know she blew up but I always read it was an accident, first i am hearing the suicide thing

Krugger said:

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

MajorAmiruddin said:

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

The fact still stands that all these ships (excluding Houshou) met their fate when America rolled in. Even Nagato met her fate by America from Nuclear Warhead testings in 1946 at Bikini Atoll.

Krugger said:

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.