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Message: [QUOTE="David G. Brown, post: 104326, member: 136775"] The two pieces of double bottom appear to "fill in" any missing hull between the bow and stern sections. If there are any more pieces, they are quite small. It is impossible to see the tank top because the pieces are upside-down on the bottom of the sea. There seems to be some indication that the boiler beds remain in situ, although that remains to be proved. The boilers are quite a distance away from the pieces of double bottom, indicating they parted company early in the breakup -- probably near the surface. The boilers would have fallen in a relatively straight line to the sea bed, while the double bottom pieces would have somewhat "fluttered" (if you can use that term on tons of metal) down and landed at some distance away. -- David G. Brown [/QUOTE]