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Howdy,

I thought we wuz talkin trappers, thatun would be for larger trappers.

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CR

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and we think 120 grs is a big charge. 832 pounds would make a big bang!

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I thought we were talking 16" Naval rifles, the kind of main batteries for the Iowa-class BB's. (When we were in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago, caught a glimpse of the New Jersey from our hotel room window. Didn't get over there to see her, however...too busy a schedule! :( )

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I thought we were talking 16" Naval rifles, the kind of main batteries for the Iowa-class BB's. (When we were in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago, caught a glimpse of the New Jersey from our hotel room window. Didn't get over there to see her, however...too busy a schedule! :( )

the Iowa class rifles are mentioned in the article. They were the ultimate product of the work developing 16" guns.

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the Iowa class rifles are mentioned in the article. They were the ultimate product of the work developing 16" guns.

 

Exactly. We all know about the Mk. 7 16"/50. I posted this to show some of the background on them and some of the variations on the theme of 16"

 

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area recently got one for Battery Townsley. http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/new-gun.htm

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And to think the Yamato and Musashi both had 18.1" guns. And both proved the need for air superiority, as they were sunk by carrier aircraft.

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The Bismarck blew the HMS Hood out of the water with a fortunate 15" round. I believe only three of 1500 survived.

 

The Bismarck was later put out of operation when Swordfish biplanes hit her rudder. The Swordfish would be nobody's choice as an attack plane but they did the job. The Bismarck could only sail in a large circle. The Brits attacked and sank her immediately.

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The Bismarck blew the HMS Hood out of the water with a fortunate 15" round. I believe only three of 1500 survived.

 

The Bismarck was later put out of operation when Swordfish biplanes hit her rudder. The Swordfish would be nobody's choice as an attack plane but they did the job. The Bismarck could only sail in a large circle. The Brits attacked and sank her immediately.

 

Actually, by all accounts that I have read, HMS Hood suffered from the fact that it didn't have sufficient deck armor. The concern had been noted many years previously, but nothing was ever done about it. Also from what I have read, the German gunners pretty well had Hood's number.

 

While the Swordfish did their part, it was naval gunnery and ship's torpedoes that spelled doom for the Bismarck, and even then, it was apparently scuttled.

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There was a third member of the Yamato class, but it was converted to a carrier before guns were installed. Was never fully completed, sunk by sub Archerfish while being moved to the Inland sea because of increased intensity of air strikes.Named Shinano.. :blush:

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There was a third member of the Yamato class, but it was converted to a carrier before guns were installed. Was never fully completed, sunk by sub Archerfish while being moved to the Inland sea because of increased intensity of air strikes.Named Shinano.. :blush:

 

I didn't mention it along with the other two because it was converted to a carrier. There were also plans drawn up and put into place prior to WWII for a "Super Yamato" class, that would have carried 20" guns. The Japanese tabled plans, as they knew war was approaching and they needed more ships, not just larger ones.

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