Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that a major fire occurred on the American aircraft carrier USS Oriskany when a ...

TIL that a major fire occurred on the American aircraft carrier USS Oriskany when a seaman accidentally lit a parachute flare and in a panic threw it in a locker where hundreds of flares were stored. Later the Oriskany would be the first American warship to be converted into an artificial reef.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany
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