The only RN ship w/16" guns, the HMS Nelson...
Posted: 02/08/2021 at 8:23PM
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02/09/2021 11:40AM
My Dad watched an Iowa Class bomb a Japanese held island from his Carrier -- Tuckahokie 02/08/2021 10:02PM I talked to a guy that served in the Navy during the 1980's reactivations -- HokieDan95 02/08/2021 10:29PM It's just a crap load of kinetic energy. ** -- ElbertoHokie 02/09/2021 09:22AM ...quad front too. I've read those were hard(er) to keep in service. ** -- bourbonstreet 02/08/2021 9:10PM Yep, 3 guns seemed to be where designers settled ** -- ColoVT82 02/08/2021 9:24PM The ship looks like it was put together by a committee. At least to my -- ColoVT82 02/08/2021 9:19PM Trying to figure out how to fit as much as you can into the 35,000 ton -- vawter85 02/08/2021 9:53PM Ty for memory jog. Even so, wish it was more balanced looking. No a$$ ** -- ColoVT82 02/09/2021 07:36AM Unfortunately one cool notion about battleships is not true -- HokieDan95 02/08/2021 8:49PM Maybe not. But if they fire in your direction, you might have a movement. ** -- Hokie360 02/08/2021 9:55PM Like this? -- ColoVT82 02/08/2021 9:22PM The physics aren't there.....link -- HokieDan95 02/08/2021 9:46PM I agree. Pics show no wave action indicating lateral movement. ** -- ColoVT82 02/08/2021 9:52PM 55,000 ton ship almost 860 feet long with a draft of about 37 ft -- HokieDan95 02/08/2021 10:09PM Except the gun barrels aren't necessarily mounted along... -- MP4VT2004 02/08/2021 11:05PM Yep, maybe not measurable, but ship "tries" to roll - Third law requires it ** -- RTFC 02/08/2021 11:16PM Not that I've tried to do the math, but I expect it is much like firing -- Tafkam Hokie 02/09/2021 07:49AM I'm not at all knowledgeable about fluid dynamics... -- MP4VT2004 02/08/2021 11:19PM Then you are just slowing (or accelerating) the earth's spin rate .... ;) ** -- RTFC 02/08/2021 11:28PM So it's like a time machine? ** -- MP4VT2004 02/08/2021 11:30PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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