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[Sean L]

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[obwahn]

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[obwahn]

Nuked at Bikini Atoll, specifically.

Bet she went quickly.

 

[obwahn]

Sean, on those older BB's, did they have 8" guns vs the 16" on the "newer" BB's?

 

[Sean L]

Bet she went quickly.

As far as I understand it, it took a while for the New York to actually sink after the blast, and that was due to the fact that there was no crew on board to do damage control. The real danger was the radiation as it would have to have been directly in the blast to "go quickly"

 

[Sean L]

Sean, on those older BB's, did they have 8" guns vs the 16" on the "newer" BB's?

They had quite a variety on the older ships, ranging from 10" to 16" depending on what year they were built.

 

[auxSwitch]

Okay so in case you haven't figured it out, I'm a big History buff when it comes to battleships, so here we go...

:-P

I kid i kid - i know it's about Battleships, so here:

 

[Smarrtazz]

Okay so in case you haven't figured it out, I'm a big History buff when it comes to battleships, so here we go...

@Smarrtazz USS Florida

@obwahn USS New Hampshire

@ResponsibleAdult HMCS Ontario

@CrazyKASG USS Minnesota

@Lurvis33 USS Texas

Edit: USS Vermont for @obwahn

Thanks, Sean!

 

[obwahn]

As far as I understand it, it took a while for the New York to actually sink after the blast, and that was due to the fact that there was no crew on board to do damage control. The real danger was the radiation as it would have to have been directly in the blast to "go quickly"

Makes sense. My dad's ship, Lady Lex CV2, was dying but the rescue ships put her out of her misery so she would sink and not be captured. Battle of the Coral Sea.

 

[obwahn]

:-P

I kid i kid - i know it's about Battleships, so here:

MAN THE RAILS! We did that too! And we always payed homage to the USS Arizona whenever we put to sea from Pearl.

 

[Sean L]

@obwahn: Mike, looking up the Vermont, looks like she had 4x 12 inch, 8x 8 inch, 12x 7 inch, 20x 3 inch guns. She was a Pre-Dreadnought, meaning it didn't have an all "big gun" design philosophy as the later battleships did.

 

[Sean L]

:-P

I kid i kid - i know it's about Battleships, so here:

lol, sorry I just had to look up "Nutmeg State" and didn't know it was Connecticut.

 

[obwahn]

@obwahn: Mike, looking up the Vermont, looks like she had 4x 12 inch, 8x 8 inch, 12x 7 inch, 20x 3 inch guns. She was a Pre-Dreadnought, meaning it didn't have an all "big gun" design philosophy as the later battleships did.

Dems be a lot o pea shooters! Thx dude!

 

[Sean L]

Makes sense. My dad's ship, Lady Lex CV2, was dying but the rescue ships put her out of her misery so she would sink and not be captured. Battle of the Coral Sea.

The Lexington Shaped naval history more than they realized she would when they converted her to a carrier.

 

[Smarrtazz]

This person was a victim of a prank or retribution :cwl:

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