On Wed, 24 May 2006 16:35:59 -0700, Scott Peterson
wrote:

I heard the same story about the Bunker Hill. She was supposedly

Heard the same story about virtually every ship ever damaged or
retired "early" for any reason.

Never found any evidence of it being true, except in the few cases
were it's a plainly documented fact in all the reference works.

Any story from a friend from a guy who knew a guy who worked in the
shipyard way back then.....can be assumed to be false absent
documentation.


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