What system can adequately reproduce the sounds of a tanker being hit by torpedo ?


Not sure. For home listening I would go with Studer A820 deck, Gryphon Mephisto monoblocks and Gryphon Kodo speakers. But there might me other options. Still, an almost impossible task, I guess.
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Maybe Grateful Dead's wall of sound. Kendrick's big horned monsters about the size of my house.
In my smallish room my system has made me jump straight out of my chair. The scene from the first Avengers movie where they started the engines of the flying aircraft carrier comes to mind 
Klipsch K-402 horns on Super MWM bass bins bi-amped with Xilica xp3060 and a couple of Crown amps.