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OpanaPointer wrote: ↑

Wed May 27, 2020 10:25 am

history.navy.mil may have the original manuals available. If not inquire with the National Archives.

You may also find archives of BuShips records. Take food and leave a trail of bright pebbles.

history.navy.mil may have the original manuals available. If not inquire with the National Archives.

Have you contacted the company? babcock.com

The shell was machined down to allow the fins to be fitted. Speculation is that this overheated the shells and degraded the hardening.

USN barbettes were routinely armored.

Modern Navy torpedoes clear the launching tube with an air slug. I don't know how far they travel on that impetus.

Byron Angel wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:24 pm

OpanaPointer wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:10 pm

Sounds like a plan. Jack her up and I'll go for parts.

LOL~ Do you think we have enough room under the deck for twin turbos?

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I was thinking of pneumatics, go low-rider on that shit.

Sounds like a plan. Jack her up and I'll go for parts.

Twin 16" turrets instead of the triple 12" turrets. Then stack on the AAA for carrier escort duties.

Do a search over at forum.axishistory.com. And try to forgive us for the HyFy Channel stupidities.

Another breadcrumb: Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The attic makes me sneeze. :( Hope the dusty attic did not cause lung disease. Its looks at this point the answer is a qualified yes. Still, examples of common tankers refueling ships in ports or sheltered water would be useful for the question. Wond...

I'm good with the level of discourse that occurs here. But I've only been doing WW2 since 1965. Some of the old hand can make the point better.

You can have more than one plan.

Oh, Plan Red would have taken you all down!!!! :lol: For those not familiar, Plan Red was a War College exercise examining a theoretical war with Canada. Why Canada? Because there is a quite interesting border there. Very long, with all kinds of terrain. Waterways, lakes, plains, mountains, no deser...