The ship exploded in 1898. It was raised in 1911 for an investigation and meticulously photographed by William Ferguson. Admiral Rickover tasked his staff, Dana Wegner and Francis Duncan to look over records of the 1911 investigation with the better modern understanding of naval engineering.
I got it right tonight. I had a feeling it was something that tied back to Naval military history. That was the first thing that came to mind for me. Two in a row. Looking for three straight tomorrow.
The bending of the metal of the wreckage shows the explosion started inside the ship. A later analysis would determine a design flaw. The coal bunkers were next to the gunpowder magazines, sharing a bulkhead. A spontaneous fire in the coal bunker heated the bulkhead until the gunpowder on the opposite side reached ignition temperature.
I still got it, too, because what else could it have been? I put the right answer down and then thought about the year, but couldn't come up with anything more recent so I hoped I was right, and this time I was.
It was a ship in a harbor in Cuba that exploded. The U.S. and Secy of the Navy Teddy Roosevelt accused Spanish interests (Spain owned Cuba at the time) of sabotage. William Ramdolph Hearst and his nationwide network of newspapers promoted this theory and thus began the shortlived Spanish American War.
You mean in the Gulf of Tonkin incident? I believe there was the claim that US naval forces were allegedly attacked by the North Vietnamese, and that was a pretest for escalating the war? Later it was revealed that was not the case, they were never attacked.
Congratulations aiden on becoming a new jeopardy champion well done
I was thinking of the submarines, Thresher or Scorpion.
Since Rickover was the Father of the Nuclear Navy, submarines in particular, I guessed a submarine sinking.
The USS Thresher sank in 1963.
My exact same line of thought.
My thinking as well
Judging by what I'm reading here in the comments, the mention of Rickover was meant to throw us off?
That was my first thought. My mother went to school with one of the crew. I almost remember his name.
Ditto.
You Got It Right!!!!!
Congratulations !
I don’t know how they were able to conclude that 78 years later, but I still got it right
I was wondering the same
The ship exploded in 1898. It was raised in 1911 for an investigation and meticulously photographed by William Ferguson. Admiral Rickover tasked his staff, Dana Wegner and Francis Duncan to look over records of the 1911 investigation with the better modern understanding of naval engineering.
I got it right tonight. I had a feeling it was something that tied back to Naval military history.
That was the first thing that came to mind for me. Two in a row. Looking for three straight tomorrow.
The bending of the metal of the wreckage shows the explosion started inside the ship. A later analysis would determine a design flaw. The coal bunkers were next to the gunpowder magazines, sharing a bulkhead. A spontaneous fire in the coal bunker heated the bulkhead until the gunpowder on the opposite side reached ignition temperature.
I still got it, too, because what else could it have been? I put the right answer down and then thought about the year, but couldn't come up with anything more recent so I hoped I was right, and this time I was.
I was trying for an explosion in the 1970s and all I could think of was Three Mile Island, which I thought was after '96. Oh well ...
What is the USS Maine? (Got it right.)
It was a ship in a harbor in Cuba that exploded. The U.S. and Secy of the Navy Teddy Roosevelt accused Spanish interests (Spain owned Cuba at the time) of sabotage. William Ramdolph Hearst and his nationwide network of newspapers promoted this theory and thus began the shortlived Spanish American War.
What is the death star?
If I were Darth Vader, I would find your sense of humor disturbing...
Star Wars at least came out the same decade, unlike the challenger. Your guess was better than the first one.
P.S. The Challenger explosion was a _decade_ later!!!
my guess was the uss maddox, from the gulf of tonkin incident
Since the US was barely out of Vietnam at the time, I guessed correctly. But what was the ship that (maybe didn't) get attacked during that time?
You mean in the Gulf of Tonkin incident? I believe there was the claim that US naval forces were allegedly attacked by the North Vietnamese, and that was a pretest for escalating the war? Later it was revealed that was not the case, they were never attacked.
I guessed [spoiler]
that it was a ship, but I didn't remember the Maine, I thought it might be the Lusitania.
I said it's the USS something. I couldn't remember the Maine either. 🤷♀️
An actual Torpedo sunk the Lusitania.
@@babd7176 That's why I was pretty sure that I was wrong.
@@babd7176 nobody seems to remember the Maine... How ironic
I remember reading about this report, so I knew the answer right away.
The chance Aiden took paid off.
Aiden is quietly excellent. I like him.
That's the kind of wagering I like to see!
I was on the USS Maine (SSBN version) and still got this wrong. LOL
I got this Final Jeopardy! clue right.
I got it . Always remember because it was supposed to be the day my great grandparents married.
What is......?
I got it wrong.
"The Maine" accurate? 😮
I thought Hindenburg
Had a 50/50 guess and got it right
I thought the Lockerbie bombing :-/
Comment to prevent spoilers.
I picked the wrong state.
USS Maine, Aidan is a new jeopardy champion. Congratulations 🎉
The @panish American War was a long time ago but more recently discovered the cause of the destruction of the ship that caused the war. Oops.
News flash this game show > family feud by millions of miles.