The Explosion of the Submarine in the Battle of Samar

It's thought now post-war that she was probably carrying warheads for those dreaded Japanese torpedoes because it just boom. I mean, like a nuke going off on the surface of the water. But again, to your point, I believe a class boat just took it and just kept on trucking. It didn't do a damn thing. She sank a large freighter, then submerged for another attack from a range of only like 500 yards, which is close. Bill, I mean, that's close. Yeah. And it also shows how he's exploiting the technology that's become available to him in a way that, you know, earlier submarines couldn't, and the Japanese definitely