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05-22-07, 09:39 AM
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Sea Lord
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Does anyone know why ships today aren't so well armored?
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05-22-07, 10:20 AM
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Sea Lord
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Presumably because they aren't expected to slog it out with 14 inch guns while they are 10,000 yards from one another.
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05-22-07, 10:44 AM
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05-22-07, 11:18 AM
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Eternal Patrol
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Original question: I served on the Gearing class DD USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) in 1970. She was in FRAM-1 condition at that time. In 1973 she was transferred to the Argentine Navy as CT Mariz e Barros (D-26). She was decommissioned in 1997 and sunk as a target on December 19, 2000.
From the photos here http://www.ussbrinkleybassdd887.com/...otogallery.htm it looks like not much was changed in Arentinian service. Armor question: All battleships had armor to resist heavy shells. Most cruisers had armor thick enough to let them fight other cruisers. Some carriers had some armor, but destroyers never used armor; it wasn't worth it, and they weren't meant to stand up to heavier ships.
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05-22-07, 11:57 AM
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Weps
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USS Brinkley Bass was transfered to Brazil, not Argentina.
http://www.naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.../M043/M043.htm Anyway, Gearing class DD´s were used by the ARA.
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05-22-07, 02:11 PM
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Navy Seal
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Also I read there was concern that the Mk24s wouldn't work due to reliability problems in testing.
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05-22-07, 05:17 PM
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Eternal Patrol
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 :rotfl: :rotfl: Curse my aging memory!:rotfl: OW! Sorry 'bout that.Of course I could do that Ugly American thing and say "Brazil, Argentina...there's a difference?"
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05-23-07, 01:48 PM
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Sailor Steve is not insane...
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 Ok I'm going through those links now, if you know of any other good sites post 'em. Thanks a bunch.
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