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^GOOD STUFF! just read the analysis of the roll from a (15 gun) broadside at zero elevation which in fact uses my photo of the broadside. The straightness of the wake allegedly indicates NO roll or deviation from the broadside

The guns have a recoil slide of up to 48 inches and the shock is distributed evenly through the turret foundation and the hull structure. The mass of a 57,000 ton ship is just too great for the recoil of the guns to move it. Well, theoretically, a fraction of a millimeter.

but no mention is made of the tremendous water 'scallops' from the powder gasses force; I would think that a small tsunami of water recovering to level would cause a roll...after the broadside. (Photo below)USS Missouri doing likewise but the muzzle blast scallop is less defined due to a higher sea wave activity.I actually pored over this last night : indispensable info for a USS New Jersy diehard! http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a215701.pdf enjoy!