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The Hood had a weakness in that the shell entered through the deck and hit the magazine directly. The various magazines in the ship were linked, so that lead to a series of massive explosions, sending it to the bottom in no time at all. Lucky shot, but quite effective still!
I have always been a huge fan of naval guns, and was lucky enough to see a 14" ships gun at the Imperial War Museum in London (Iowa class has 15"?), and to say its a big mother is quite the understatement. I would love to have been able to see them in action. It is nice to see the projectiles in that last snap, and if you take the size of the ship in consideration, its easy to see why one doesn't want to be on the receiving end! Apparantly these rounds travel quite slow, and one often sees them in old pictures of firefights. Read an account of a D-day pilot who saw some of the ammo fro a couple of destroyers coming in over the beaches, and he describes them as being the size of cars... |
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Yeah yeah, Pat, we know. You have read a bunch of books that says that if the US had no military everyone would leave the richest country in the world alone...
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When I was in the US Navy ('82-'91) we were told that the USS Iowa and New Jersey were being recommissioned to "show the flag" around the world. Battleships aren't very easy to manuver in small bodies of water (Persian Gulf) and are very expensive to maintain. During Desert Storm, we saw and heard the shells from the battleships hit Iraq and it was pretty devastating, but long-range bombers are more effective.
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Typical response from most Texans I've met. |
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Is that a photoshop? Why is it firering in both directions? |
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I suspect it is a demonstration. Note the gun barrels are almost horizontal. That is point blank. If you have to fire simultaneously on both beams at real targets, you are in deep doo-doo. ;) Usually, capitol ships engage their targets at long range, to reach out that far, the barrels are elevated. (That is one of the reasons the Hood was lost. Her deck armor was designed before the engagement ranges were great enough that the shot was dropping through your decks rather than coming through the side. The British found that out much to their chagrin at Jutland, but the Hood's design was already set.) Les |
"Name, and support with facts, one country on earth that could have, at any time in the past; have successfully invaded and conquered even a sliver of America."
Aside from Japan in the Aleutian Islands, you mean? ;) Les |
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The USS New Jersey was built in 1942, a year after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The New Jersey was built to help replace the battleships that were destroyed in that attack. If the money was not used to build it or any of the other ships and weapons, the final outcome of WWII would have been much different. In other words, this ship helped us WIN THE WAR! I'd say that in 1942, building more schools and feeding hungry people was not the first priority. Trying to keep the germans and japanese from killing millions of Americans and taking over our country was probably a little higher up on that particular list. This ship is no longer in service, it was refurbished and is now used as a historical museum. |
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BTW, in the early part of WWII the French had a similar attitude. That was OK though, they had the US and England to kick the enemy out of France and give it back to them.
You don't have to be tough if you have someone being tough on your behalf, but if you don't you are just another target. |
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But, I guess to your point - the Canucks didn't "hold any territory", but that was due to orders from the home office, not due to US military capability at the time. You see the French were otherwise too occupied to come help and the Brits needed to get their act together to debate Bonaparte in Europe. I always find it interesting that few Americans seem to know anything about the wars of 1812 given the national obsession with their own history. |
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