 The force of the explosion blew out two of her cargo hatches, launching a jeep into the stricken ship's flying bridge in the process.With no power, and, hence, no way of fighting the fire, "Samuel Huntington"s master ordered the ship abandoned, and the crew lowered her lifeboats and headed away from the ship.Fifteen minutes after the bomb's blast, another explosion rocked the ship, throwing a cloud of debris over in the air, and raining shrapnel on ships as far as away.