Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Yeah, FB is worthless! Everyone knows that those are three gun mounts, not triple turrets. " 14-inch (35.6 cm) projectiles on deck of the U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), while the battleship was replenishing her ammunition supply prior to the invasion of Guam, July 1944. The photograph looks forward on the starboard side, with triple 14"/50 gun turrets at left. Note floater nets stowed atop the turrets."
Pat Riot Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Amazing how big those projectiles are when compared to the men standing or working nearby them.
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2024 Author Posted March 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Pat Riot said: Amazing how big those projectiles are when compared to the men standing or working nearby them. And how small they are compared to the ship.
Sedalia Dave Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Things sure would get interesting if a rogue wave suddenly caused the ship to roll.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Those shells are 1100-1500 lbs. They need to be stowed below decks.
Texas Lizard Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Those shells are 1100-1500 lbs. They need to be stowed below decks. Tuff sailors then...Pick them up and toss them on the shoulder and walk them down stairs.... Texas Lizard
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 25 minutes ago, Texas Lizard said: Tuff sailors then...Pick them up and toss them on the shoulder and walk them down stairs.... Texas Lizard Not stairs, ladders
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 27 minutes ago, Texas Lizard said: Tuff sailors then...Pick them up and toss them on the shoulder and walk them down stairs.... Texas Lizard Easy if there’s a marine contingent on board.
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 3, 2024 Author Posted March 3, 2024 1 minute ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Easy if there’s a marine contingent on board. Carried two at a time.
Alpo Posted March 3, 2024 Posted March 3, 2024 Those aren't shells. They are bullets. Projectiles. You put that in the gun and then you add the powder behind it. Kind of like a Civil War breechloading rifle.
watab kid Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 ya , unless i was told rong the projectiles were hoisted to the breech by elevators and the charges [bags of powder were as well then each was pressed into the breech , these were not that dissimilar to the civil war cannon in that every gun had a crew and each had a job , not wanting to be on the receiving end of these , im still learning tho as my father was AAC my FIL was navy [submariner] so correct me if im wrong here ,
Ozark Huckleberry Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 17 hours ago, Alpo said: Those aren't shells. They are bullets. Projectiles. You put that in the gun and then you add the powder behind it. Kind of like a Civil War breechloading rifle. https://www.britannica.com/technology/shell-ammunition ETA:
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 4, 2024 Posted March 4, 2024 5 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Wrong church, right pew…. 14 in guns. )))) im sure the mechanics were the same, just older.
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 4, 2024 Author Posted March 4, 2024 4 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Wrong church, right pew…. 14 in guns. )))) im sure the mechanics were the same, just older. I figured it would be similar.
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