Probably would have been sunk at PearlWell, if you have 12 main guns that can fire once a minute, that averages out to 1 Volkswagon going downrange every 5 seconds.
I would be remiss if I did not include the Maximum Battleship design (biggest design that would fit into the Panama Canal) the Navy explored courtesy of my home state Senator Tillman back in 1917 (he unfortunately inflicted also us with Clemson University but that is another story...). 975 feet length, 108 foot beam, 80,000 tons, 15 (5x3) 18" rifles
I'm of no help with the print right now but I was going to call BS on the accuracy of the print above because the aircraft are carrying tail codes and I thought the change from geometric symbols to tail codes was a post war thing. But some quick googling led me to find that tail codes were adopted in JUL45.Good question - I found the following....
The hull design of the Midway class is derived from the cancelled 1940s Montana class BB, itself intended to replace the Iowa class BBs. The intent was to produce a heavily armoured attack carrier capable of surviving many more hits than the then primary design, the Essex class. The result was in 1945 an unusually large and well hardened carrier, which also contributed to the service longevity of this class.
While the Midway class was not large enough to embark the air wing size of the later Kittyhawk, Enterprise and Nimitz class supercarriers, it was often argued to be the most survivable USN carrier class, due to its armour providing some measure of protection against Soviet supersonic ASCMs.
As a question relevant to WWII stuff, I am looking for a print that has both an F-4U Corsair and an Iowa class battleship in it - the only one I can find so far is "Victory Flyover" by Robert Taylor. Anybody seen any others with both?
She was in Measure 21 by Tokyo Bay .
Also looks like not enough people shown on deck in the painting...
The place is empty on the weekend. Check the Navy Yard webpage. The hours are cut back and civilian entry is more restricted because of the shootings.
I'd say take the metro, but safetrak.
