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-- Neptune Papers -- Neptune Paper No. 3:Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988byWilliam M. ArkinandJoshua HandlerGreenpeace/Institute for Policy StudiesWashington, 1989Neptune Paper No. 3: Naval Accidents 1945-1988iTable of Weapons Reactor of Routine Naval of Naval Accidents: 1945 - A: Sources and B: Ship Type 1: Number of Ships by Type Involved in Accidents, 1945 - 2: Naval Accidents by Type of Event, 1945 - 3: Surface Ship Explosive Mishaps, 1985 - 4: Naval Nuclear Weapons Incidents, 1965 - 5: Nuclear Weapons and Reactors Lost in the 6: Accidents Involving Nuclear Powered Ships and Submarines, 1954 - 7: Submarine Force Mishaps, 1983 - 1: Naval Accidents by Year, [Note: Some changes in formatting and page number have occurred in converting this reportfrom an older DOS-version of Wordperfect to Word for Windows 98] Neptune Paper No. 3: Naval Accidents 1945-19881IntroductionThe sinking of the Soviet Mike class submarine and the explosion and tragic loss of lifeaboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in April 1989 are reminders that peacetime navalaccidents are a fact of life.

The accidents are divided into 12 major categories by cause (see table 2): - Collisions: The most prevalent type of major accidents has been collisions, of which there have been 456 documented cases, 190 between military ships, 184 between naval vessels and civilian ships. There have been 51 collisions involving aircraft carriers. There have ...

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