Hm, I still cannot understand how three compartments were flooded when only one watertight compartment was damaged in the collision and how ship lost all propulsive power after incident … as reported. I assume we will never know when USN investigates itself. It must have been the fault of the CO sleeping while navigating in a busy fairway close to shore, a few hours before arrival, etc, etc.
Personally I do not like holes in decks with a hinged lid as means of closing and a sloping ladder below as means of access/escape from internal hull spaces. I remember them from the destroyers I inspected 1970. Imagine having to push the lid open from below!
They were all built in the 1950’s … two turbine rooms, two boiler rooms (total four engine rooms). Seems the basic design has not changed much. And the crew accommodation was awful.