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Air blast injuries killed the crew of the submarine H.L. Hunley

The submarine H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during combat; however, the cause of its sinking has been a mystery for over 150 years. The Hunley set off a 61.2 kg (135 lb) black powder torpedo at a distance less than 5 m (16 ft) off its bow. Scaled experiments were performe...

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Autores principales: Lance, Rachel M., Stalcup, Lucas, Wojtylak, Brad, Bass, Cameron R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182244