"Dalton Richards" (31196757)
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"Dalton Richards" (31196757)
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Last month I had the opportunity to get an exclusive look at the USS Iowa Museum in San Pedro. Dave Way, the head historian for the museum guided us for four hours through her storied compartments. check it out!
76datsunZ
> Dalton Richards
08/08/2019 at 07:45 |
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Great write up! Truly amazing machines. One minor nitpick about the article, the New Jersey is docked in Camden, New Jersey, in the Delaware river, not the Jersey river. Again, great article and I'm jealous of your access to some of the usually off limits areas.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Dalton Richards
08/08/2019 at 08:49 |
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It’s always amazed me how complex these big battleships were. They’d be a feat of engineering if built TODAY, let alone eighty years ago. I’ve toured USS Massachusetts and USS North Carolina and the ships are basically floating cities. During wartime, Big Mamie would have had a crew larger than the population of my hometown at that time.
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Dalton Richards
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/08/2019 at 09:02 |
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2800 during WW2 due to anti aircraft gunners. Did you dive into the full article I linked? I think you would enjoy it.
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Dalton Richards
> 76datsunZ
08/08/2019 at 09:03 |
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Thank you for the save. I’ve been there too but somehow forgot.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Dalton Richards
08/08/2019 at 09:11 |
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No time to read now but it's bookmarked for later
Ash78, voting early and often
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/08/2019 at 09:17 |
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My same impression of the USS Alabama, which I toured in Mobile Bay about 2 years ago (in July, for the full “South Pacific Climate Experience”). Not as massive as the Iowa, but the scale is very similar. The SD-class preceded the Iowa-class.
I’m mostly amazed that these ships were requisitioned, bidded, built, tested, and put into operation in such short periods of time — same as most military hardware of the era.
Today is an era where we argue over costs and designs for years, or even decades. Being at war tends to get things done.
Grindintosecond
> Dalton Richards
08/08/2019 at 10:16 |
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Im jealous of the 308gt4 owner. They jumped in price a year before I could get one. I probably wouldn't fit anyway.
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Dalton Richards
> Grindintosecond
08/08/2019 at 13:26 |
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tiny little car forsure
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Dalton Richards
08/08/2019 at 15:47 |
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The Iowa class battleship’s 6"/50 caliber Mark 7 – United States Naval Gun were the largest naval weapons ever fielded by the United States.
Should this read 16" guns? Also, what does the /50 caliber mean?
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Dalton Richards
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/08/2019 at 17:09 |
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OOF THANK YOU FOR THE PEER REVIEW! Yes its 16". The caliber when speaking about naval guns refers to barrel length. 50 caliber is therefore fifty times the bore of the gun. In feet, the Mark 7s are 66.6 feet long. Perfect length for sending enemies to hell.