Hi folks,
I was just wondering if anyone could answer a random naval question for me.
On the Iowa class battleships, turrets two and three have these horizontal slabs of steel that protrude from the after portion of the sides of the turret, kind of like little wings. Turret one lacks these protrusions. Another example of this is on the Japanese Yamato class.
The protrusions can clearly be seen in this pic:
Does anyone know what there purpose is/was and why only two of the three turrets have them? Thanks.