Go fer ya gun partner

05-14-11, 12:46 PM

I found this amazing picture on the web today, the full power of the naval broadside displayed in all it's power and Glory.

But what is the ship and who's she firing at ?

Torplexed · 05-14-11, 12:55 PM

It's a Iowa class battleship. Likely just a practice barrage.

Platapus · 05-14-11, 01:07 PM

Why does the water depression appear to be bigger at the aft guns (3) and the water depression appear smaller at the forward guns (6)?

In this picture were the aft guns fired first?

GoldenRivet · 05-14-11, 01:09 PM

Aft guns appear to have fired first.

I don't think the fore most gun has even fired yet

Torplexed · 05-14-11, 01:14 PM

Judging by the puffs of smoke amidships, some of the five inch secondary batteries are likely firing too.

Rockstar · 05-14-11, 01:34 PM

Looks maybe like an aerial taken from a Swordfish when they firing at the Bismarck back W W Vietnam.

Torplexed · 05-14-11, 01:41 PM

Too bad we couldn't have lent one of the four to the Royal Navy during the Falklands conflict in '82. Would have helped make short work of the Argentinian Army's entrenched hill positions around the port of Stanley.

CCIP · 05-14-11, 01:57 PM

I believe that's the New Jersey in exercises off Puerto Rico.

FIREWALL · 05-14-11, 02:17 PM

footnote: When all guns are fired in a broadside that ship moves laterialy sideways quite a distance in the water. WOW!!!

CCIP · 05-14-11, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

footnote: When all guns are fired in a broadside that ship moves laterialy sideways quite a distance in the water. WOW!!!

That's actually a myth. We had quite a discussion on the physics of that before. When the guns are fired, the ship moves sideways at most a fraction of a millimeter

Oberon · 05-14-11, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

That's actually a myth. We had quite a discussion on the physics of that before. When the guns are fired, the ship moves sideways at most a fraction of a millimeter

No...no...not this discussion again...please...god...no!!

CCIP · 05-14-11, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

No...no...not this discussion again...please...god...no!!

Can I blame Obama for it?

Torplexed · 05-14-11, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Can I blame Obama for it?

Blame Ronald Reagan . He's the one who brought these behemoths out of mothballs.

Tchocky · 05-14-11, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

No...no...not this discussion again...please...god...no!!

I remember that one, must dig it out

FIREWALL · 05-14-11, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

That's actually a myth. We had quite a discussion on the physics of that before. When the guns are fired, the ship moves sideways at most a fraction of a millimeter

Could this be the discussion ?

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//arc.../t-113800.html

05-14-11, 12:46 PM	#1
sidslotm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Go fer ya gun partner I found this amazing picture on the web today, the full power of the naval broadside displayed in all it's power and Glory. But what is the ship and who's she firing at ?

05-14-11, 12:55 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	It's a Iowa class battleship. Likely just a practice barrage. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-14-11, 01:07 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Why does the water depression appear to be bigger at the aft guns (3) and the water depression appear smaller at the forward guns (6)? In this picture were the aft guns fired first? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-14-11, 01:09 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Aft guns appear to have fired first. I don't think the fore most gun has even fired yet __________________

05-14-11, 01:14 PM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Judging by the puffs of smoke amidships, some of the five inch secondary batteries are likely firing too. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-14-11, 01:34 PM	#6
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Looks maybe like an aerial taken from a Swordfish when they firing at the Bismarck back W W Vietnam.

05-14-11, 01:41 PM	#7
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Too bad we couldn't have lent one of the four to the Royal Navy during the Falklands conflict in '82. Would have helped make short work of the Argentinian Army's entrenched hill positions around the port of Stanley. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-14-11, 01:57 PM	#8
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I believe that's the New Jersey in exercises off Puerto Rico. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-14-11, 02:17 PM	#9
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	footnote: When all guns are fired in a broadside that ship moves laterialy sideways quite a distance in the water. WOW!!! __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???