IJN Mutsu - Blown Apart in A Safe Harbor

Battleships, during their heyday, had an unfortunate tendency to randomly blow up in port. This was almost always down to poor powder handling or just unstable powder, in general. A couple exceptions from brave frogmen aside.

The Japanese battleship, Mutsu, is probably the most infamous of them all. Generally assumed to be a suicidal crewman lighting a fatal fire, we don't really know for sure. And never will.

It's a shame that this is all she's remembered for, but not terribly surprising, in that regard.

Further Reading:
https://www.amazon.com/Conways-Worlds-Fighting-Ships-1922-1946/dp/0831703032/
https://www.amazon.com/Warships-Imperial-Japanese-Navy-1869-1945/dp/087021893X/
https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Japanese-Battleships-1941-45-Vanguard/dp/1846032806/
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Mutsu.htm


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