I recently finished another damage report ; this one is on "Battleship X" or "Old Nameless" as she was sometimes called. She was hit by a bomb in June, 1944 that killed and wounded a number of her crew , but as the report shows, didn't really affect her warfighting capacity as badly as might be expected.

If anyone's thinking of a diorama of this ship it might be of some help.
BB-57 War Damage Report, 19 June, 1944

Thanks for the info Tracy.

Kenny

Hi Tracy

Very important document!!
On my Navy days (last century, of course!) the last technical course that we took before being assigned to a ship was Damage Control.
Damage Control School corridors were packed with photos of warships afloat and sailling (or being pulled by tugs, in some cases) with massive damage... This was a kind of subliminar message that with a good damage control we can keep our ship afloat, reach safe harbour and save qualified men that could join the battle again...
Apart from battle damage (enemy fire - and there are so many ways today), we also learned how to deal with our "own accidents" (floods, fire (electrical, fuel...)) and although they were "only" tests, you had to know what to do, when to, and how - a real team effort!
You had to keep your cold blood, temper, keep the focus and being able of making decisions on what was most hazzardous for ship and crew... decide your priorities.
Thanks for sharing

Skipper