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Old 11-10-13, 08:12 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by merc4ulfate View Post
It would have been interesting to see the results of one of the WW II Modern American Battleships at sea and underway of a torpedo strike. The americans used a good section of the hull for Torpedo blister protection. Being fully manned and battle ready is a far cry from the sitting duck at anchor stations of battleship row.
This is true.

Later classes of BB's would have thicker and more effective torpedo defense systems, so it is hard to generalize.

An older BB sinking 3 torpedoes dosen't seem particularly odd to me, but if it happens with the latest class of BB, I would find that unrealistic. We all know how difficult it was for the USN to sink the Yamato.
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