thats true, Steve. But at the time, the Iowa was one of the best, if not the best, battleship classes around. Its incredible speed, range and accuracy (due to the use of radar guided FCS), and its heavy throw weight, it was quite the match for the Yamato, and any other surface ship built during the era.
But, its true that such an event would cripple the battleship without the rangefinders. And the iowa wasnt the only class to be fitted with them, not by a long shot
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