The Official Status Update Thread: Part 149 - The Winter That Wasn't

[churchmouse]

USS Alabama.



Roll Tide!

I can not imagine what that deck sounded like when all weapons came to bear and went full song.
Holy Mother.

 

[actaeon277]

I had the privilege to visit her, when I was in Hawaii. I even have a piece of her deck on my bookshelf.

I toured the USS Massachusetts at Battleship Cove, Massachusetts.

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

I can not imagine what that deck sounded like when all weapons came to bear and went full song.
Holy Mother.

You just gave me wood...

 

[actaeon277]

I can not imagine what that deck sounded like when all weapons came to bear and went full song.
Holy Mother.

You'd think they'd have more room. But no.

 

[churchmouse]

You just gave me wood...

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;mQZmCJUSC6g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;rnYCrs5k8I4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYCrs5k8I4[/video]

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

[video=youtube_share;vj-15O-BTDw]http://youtu.be/vj-15O-BTDw[/video]

 

[IndyDave1776]

A majestic lady.

I had the privilege to visit her, when I was in Hawaii. I even have a piece of her deck on my bookshelf.

USS Alabama.



Roll Tide!

You'd think they'd have more room. But no.

Majestic indeed! On her decks ended the last war we fought because it had to be done, the last war we had the will to win, and the last war in which we still had a solid grip on who we really are--neither warmongers nor cowards, neither bullies nor victims, and a people who in spite of internal differences of opinion still lived as one nation.

As for the room, the bottom line is that the more interior volume you have, the more weight in armor you need to protect it or else the more armor you are going to give up to stretch it to fit without going past a practical weight, and also that additional weight would compete with armament and propulsion. That said, our battleships were more spacious internally than were British, French, German, or Italian battleships.

 

[actaeon277]

You just gave me wood...

56 second mark. watch the concussion wave cross the water.
The Massachusetts and the Indiana
[video=youtube;nLe--lH-7cg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLe--lH-7cg[/video]

 

[churchmouse]

[video=youtube_share;vj-15O-BTDw]http://youtu.be/vj-15O-BTDw[/video]

Do you see the white smoke when they are dropping the breach open.........

 

[actaeon277]

Majestic indeed! On her decks ended the last war we fought because it had to be done, the last war we had the will to win, and the last war in which we still had a solid grip on who we really are--neither warmongers nor cowards, neither bullies nor victims, and a people who in spite of internal differences of opinion still lived as one nation.

As for the room, the bottom line is that the more interior volume you have, the more weight in armor you need to protect it or else the more armor you are going to give up to stretch it to fit without going past a practical weight, and also that additional weight would compete with armament and propulsion. That said, our battleships were more spacious internally than were British, French, German, or Italian battleships.

Er. I may have been on a sub, but I do understand design constraints.

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube_share;vj-15O-BTDw]http://youtu.be/vj-15O-BTDw[/video]

gun


porn

 

[churchmouse]

Nice music tonight Act

 

[actaeon277]

Do you see the white smoke when they are dropping the breach open.........

That could be them clearing/cleaning the barrel.
I'm not a gunner's mate. But, that's what I'm thinking.

 

[actaeon277]

Nice music tonight Act

I do have my moments.



You just don't want to hear me sing.

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;mQZmCJUSC6g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g[/video]

 

[IndyDave1776]

Another cool bit of trivia is that unlike every other nationality, the German heavy guns had a sliding breech block which rode a wedge shaped surface and locked more or less like a falling block rifle, and had the shell and power charge separate although the charge was in a brass case, both of which were loaded with one stroke of a mechanical rammer. Everyone else's used a hinged breech block with interrupted threads with a shell backed up with bags of powder that healthy and spry young men loaded by hand. Surprisingly, the rate of fire was not significantly different although the German way was nice about not wearing out crewmen.

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;O8VYqhvBpL0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8VYqhvBpL0[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

Another cool bit of trivia is that unlike every other nationality, the German heavy guns had a sliding breech block which rode a wedge shaped surface and locked more or less like a falling block rifle, and had the shell and power charge separate although the charge was in a brass case, both of which were loaded with one stroke of a mechanical rammer. Everyone else's used a hinged breech block with interrupted threads with a shell backed up with bags of powder that healthy and spry young men loaded by hand. Surprisingly, the rate of fire was not significantly different although the German way was nice about not wearing out crewmen.

Easier to change the men, than the equipment.