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Ship Photo of the Day

Randy Daytona

Cold War Relic
pilot
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Lot of discussion about USS Midway lately so here are a few photos:

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jmcquate

Well-Known Member
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Ya, that'll buff right out............well maybe not the 151 Phantoms. Did they make it home of were they buried at sea?
 

Randy Daytona

Cold War Relic
pilot
Super Moderator
Last of the battleships: BB-64 USS Wisconsin.

Interesting what-if from the National Interest. http://nationalinterest.org/feature...ever-uss-zumwalt-vs-battleship-who-wins-17151 Of course, if you gave the Wisconsin the same missiles and let DARPA develop the 100+ mile range battleship shells, then it might be another story....

HE-ER Mark 148 (Planned)
13.65 in (34.7 cm) diameter, extended-range (ER), sub-caliber projectile with sabot. Length was approximately 72 in (183 cm). Projectile was to be ET-fuzed with a payload of about 300 M48 grenade submunitions. Experiments with this projectile were conducted during the 1980s, but development was cancelled in FY91 when the battleships were decommissioned. Projectile weight without the sabot was about 1,300 lbs. (590 kg) and range was to be in excess of 70,000 yards (64,000 m) at a muzzle velocity of 3,600 fps (1,097 mps). See photograph below.

HE-ER Mark ? (Planned)
Advanced Gun Weapon Systems Technology Program 16/11-Inch Long Range GPS Concept with Sabot.
Another sub-caliber projectile with sabot, this one 11 inches (28 cm) in diameter. This project was also cancelled about FY91.
A sketch of this projectile may be seen below in the Additional Pictures section.
Data below courtesy of United States Naval Fire Support Association (USNFSA):
Range: 100 nm
Launch Weight: 650 lbs. (295 kg)
Fly Away Weight: 525 lbs. (238 kg)
Launch Length: 69 in (175 cm)
Payload: 248 M46 Submunitions, total weight of 175.2 lbs. (79.5 kg)
Guidance Modes: GPS and INS

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.php

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Randy Daytona

Cold War Relic
pilot
Super Moderator
HMS Prince of Wales. From being involved with the Bismarck to ferrying Churchill across the ocean to sign the Atlantic Charter to being the first battleship sunk by aircraft while maneuvering at sea: 10 Dec 1941. Interesting that the British Command was debating whether or not to sail the Prince of Wales and Repulse to assist the US Navy immediately after Pearl Harbor. They were to make a decision the next day but awoke to hear of the two ships sinking by Japanese carrier aircraft.

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Randy Daytona

Cold War Relic
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Super Moderator
HMS Glorious. Originally a battlecruiser, converted to an aircraft carrier. Unfortunately for the British, she made the mistake of coming into gun range of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau - one of the few instances where a battleship got the better of a carrier.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/th...val-battle-what-happens-when-battleship-19681

If you are the captain of an aircraft carrier, these are the words you do not want to hear: “Enemy battleship in sight!”


HMS Glorious in her first life as a battlecruiser - served at WW1.
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2nd life as an aircraft carrier - conversion in 1930
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Scharnhorst firing on the HMS Glorious
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Naval footage of the battle from the German point of view.
 

nittany03

Recovering NFO. Herder of Programmers.
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HMS Glorious. Originally a battlecruiser, converted to an aircraft carrier. Unfortunately for the British, she made the mistake of coming into gun range of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau - one of the few instances where a battleship got the better of a carrier.
#EpicMISRFail
 

Jim123

DD-214 in hand and I'm gonna party like it's 1998
pilot
^^^ Age test. You're old if you can hear the song in your head right now.
 
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