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Nelson never fought the Americans!Bow and stern "Chasers", forward and rearward firing large guns, were used for long range shots. On a side note, one of Nelson's combat dictates was long range shots were a waste, and fighting yard arm to yard arm was much more effective.
Meant to get back to this: the best photo I could find of a 1941 Standard class battleship (USS Arizona) showing the secondary armament along the side: anti-ship 5”/51 cal casement guns + a few single 5”/25 cal anti-aircraft guns compared to the USS Missouri in 1945 with dual purpose 5”/38 cal, quad 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons. Eventually the 20mm’s went away and the 40mm’s were to be replaced by twin 3”/50 cals firing proximity shells - a deadly gauntlet for the propeller driven aircraft of the period.What’s interesting, when one looks over the last two pages or so of this thread, is the shift from armor, to torpedo belts, and on to AA defense. Were we to look at WWII cruisers under the same light we’d see the shift from gun cruisers to AA cruisers (like the Atlanta class) and on to fully equipped AA cruisers like the the Juneau class.
Looks like the first RAST. Bet the cable broke.Some good shots of USS Saratoga (CV-3) with USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)
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