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Sunday, February 13, 2005

*About 60 Lands End residents, worry that county plans to turn Fort Fremont into a public park will restrict their beach access
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-13-05

*The Bridge of Lions rehabilitation project will begin Monday
-St. Augustine Record, 2-13-05

*Pawleys Island’s south end public beach access is getting its annual face lift, this time on the federal government’s dime. Workers with Goodson Construction were on the beach with their heavy machinery this week, taking the sand that moved and bringing it back to shore up the parking area
-Coastal Observer

In the Commando raid on the port of St Nazaire on the 28th. of March 1942, the old US destroyer Campbeltown, was filled chock a block with high explosives, and deliberately rammed into the dock gates and detonated, the object being to deny the German Navy access to the only dry dock capable of accepting the Tirpitz.. 400 Germans died as a result of this explosion, and the dry dock was out of action for the remainder of WW2.

12. HMS Barham disappears in Mediterranean 1941. On the 25th. of November in 1941, the old British Battleship HMS Barham was struck by three torpedoes fired from U-331. She suddenly rolled to port, the after magazine exploded, and in moments she had gone, sunk, to take over 60% of the crew with her. There, one moment, gone the next. This photograph of her exploding is one of the most dramatic ever taken of the "War at Sea."

13. USS Forrestal accident 1967. The USS Forrestal operating in the Gulf of Tonkin on the 29th. of July 1967 had aircraft carrying rockets, ready to launch on her flight deck, one rocket was fired accidentally. It scorched along the flight deck, hit a drop tank full of petrol, exploded, the resultant fire killed 134 sailors, and destroyed 63 aircraft.

14. Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sinks after an explosion in 2000. On the 12th. of August 2000, the Russian nuclear Submarine Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea after an explosion on board, and 118 officers and crew perished.

Some Merchant ships explode.

15. The Freighter SS Fort Stikine devastates Bombay Harbour 1944. On the 14th. of April in 1944, the freighter SS Fort Stikine, a 7,130 ton coal burner loaded