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Originally Posted by fithah4
Ok after seeing this video had questions on how the US planned there attack.
The sister ship Musashi was in several battles and the US found that hitting the bow with torpedos would slow her speed down to 10 kn.
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Exactly how did they find that out? Musashi was attacked by USS
Tunny, and was hit by one torpedo near the bow. If the ship's progress was slower, it could have been because of the damage, or it could have been intentional to keep water pressure from causing more damage, which would have happened no matter where the hit was. My point is that they didn't know that "hitting the bow with torpedoes would slow her speed down to 10 knots" because it wouldn't.
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In video they also talked abut the tightened security with the plans of Yamato
and that not one foreman or supervisor had a complete set of blue prints.
So on that aspect did the US know about the thick armored hull ??? Or just some fluke in History to attack one side to weaken her til her destruction ???
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Neither. They assumed the armor was thick because it is standard practice to use armor plate thick enough to protect from a long-range shot by your own guns, as there is no way of knowing exactly how much penetration an enemy shell might have. And no, it wasn't a fluke. It's common knowledge that any ship divided longitudinally will capsize more easily if all the damage is on one side than it will sink due to general overall damage. No secrets and no special knowledge, just something everybody involved with ships knows already.