Go fer ya gun partner

Raptor1 · 05-15-11, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

The BB-16 was the USS New Jersey, Virginia class battleship.

Trivia time, what was the last in commission BB sunk for reasons other than training or scuttling?

USS Arkansas (BB-33) was sunk with nuclear weapons in Operation Crossroads on July 25th, 1946, four days before she was decommissioned.

EDIT: Oh, wait, only US ships? If not, I do believe the Novorossiysk (Formerly the Giulio Cesare) exploded and sank around 1955...

TLAM Strike · 05-15-11, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

EDIT: Oh, wait, only US ships? If not, I do believe the Novorossiysk (Formerly the Giulio Cesare) exploded and sank around 1955...

Correct.

05-15-11, 03:18 PM

Ok, before you all laugh, I seem to remember being asked years ago, "if a bumble bee hit and ocean going liner head on at sea" that both would actually stop for an instance, heh. Maybe the battle ship would move slightly to one side while firing a broadside, I know I move slightly foreward when expelling sudden and violet gusts of gas, it's relative.

seaniam81 · 05-15-11, 04:04 PM

A nice (if somewhat old) video of the USS Wisconsin firing her guns. Even shows them loading the shell and powder. Even has a picture in picture of the recoil of a gun.

Platapus · 05-15-11, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by seaniam81

A nice (if somewhat old) video of the USS Wisconsin firing her guns. Even shows them loading the shell and powder. Even has a picture in picture of the recoil of a gun.

OK, lubber question: The guy in the video who is responsible for commanding the mechanism and who seals the breech, what would be his rating and rank?

Sailor Steve · 05-15-11, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sidslotm

Ok, before you all laugh, I seem to remember being asked years ago, "if a bumble bee hit and ocean going liner head on at sea" that both would actually stop for an instance, heh.

And every time you jump the Earth moves the tiniest fraction of a micron.

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Maybe the battle ship would move slightly to one side while firing a broadside, I know I move slightly foreward when expelling sudden and violet gusts of gas, it's relative.

WHOA! Way too much information!

GoldenRivet · 05-15-11, 05:48 PM

Anyone remember the USS Iowa turret explosion in the late 80s?

yubba · 05-15-11, 06:44 PM

Yea I remember seeing that on the news. I had been reading about the USS South Dakota and the damage she took in the south pacific, pretty interresting stuff 43 hits by large caliber shells, a hole ripped through her superstructure you could walk through.

05-16-11, 06:05 AM

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Anyone remember the USS Iowa turret explosion in the late 80s?

Yes I remember that event on local news/uk, did they ever confirm how this happened???

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seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	A nice (if somewhat old) video of the USS Wisconsin firing her guns. Even shows them loading the shell and powder. Even has a picture in picture of the recoil of a gun. __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

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yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Yea I remember seeing that on the news. I had been reading about the USS South Dakota and the damage she took in the south pacific, pretty interresting stuff 43 hits by large caliber shells, a hole ripped through her superstructure you could walk through. Last edited by yubba; 05-15-11 at 06:58 PM.

05-15-11, 03:18 PM	#3
sidslotm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Ok, before you all laugh, I seem to remember being asked years ago, "if a bumble bee hit and ocean going liner head on at sea" that both would actually stop for an instance, heh. Maybe the battle ship would move slightly to one side while firing a broadside, I know I move slightly foreward when expelling sudden and violet gusts of gas, it's relative.