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Originally Posted by James Rye
Historical seen it was a japanese honor thing, not becoming a POW no matter what.
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This doesn't have something to do with the Japanese mentality. They were not the only ones who did scuttle their crippled ships. Bismarck for example was scuttled by her crew, as was USS Lexington at Coral Sea. If your ship is unable to make it back to port it's better to sink her yourself, rather than risk the enemy capture her and potentially get something out of it.