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English: The final moments of the USS CARON. She was sunk December 4th, 2002, 75nm S. of Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico during explosive test. She was intended to survive these tests and scheduled to be sunk as a target later in 2003, but secondary explosions caused her to sink.
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Source United States Navy via NavSource [1]
Author Joe Gardella, LCDR, USNR

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  • 2005-06-09 01:48 Durin 640×480× (104431 bytes) [[USS Caron (DD-970)]] sinking off the coast of [[Puerto Rico]] on [[4 December]] [[2002]]. The damage to the ship was caused by planned explosives tests. However, she was expected to survive the tests. Secondary explosions doomed the ship. {{PD-USGov-M

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