Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "The Drydock - Episode 223 (Part 1)" video.

  1.  @adamalton2436  I am not sure what sort of powder Maine was equipped with that night, whether black powder, brown powder, or early USN nitrocellulose. iirc, USN nitrocellulose does not contain any nitroglycerine, as cordite does. USN nitrocellulose seems to be pretty patient, compared to cordite. In the early 1900s, before the USN used any safety features, there were a couple lurid turret fires, one involving the entire interior of the barbette, with 20-30 men killed, but the magazines did not blow up.
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