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by petsan
Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:59 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: HMS Vanguards powder mags over or under shell room
Replies: 6
Views: 6342

Re: HMS Vanguards powder mags over or under shell room

I think youre correct after reading again
Thanks
by petsan
Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:47 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: HMS Vanguards powder mags over or under shell room
Replies: 6
Views: 6342

HMS Vanguards powder mags over or under shell room

I have a Battleship HMS Vanguard question..... "NAVWEPS" site claims that....Quote "To increase magazine protection, Vanguard's magazines were relocated below the shell rooms which was the reverse of the arrangement used for all other British capital ships with 15" guns, but was ...
by petsan
Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:01 pm
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: DDG-51 class Hybrid propulsion RANGE?
Replies: 3
Views: 12370

Re: DDG-51 class Hybrid propulsion RANGE?

Navy Set to Install Hybrid Electric Drives in Destroyer Fleet Staring Next Year in 2016.......

http://news.usni.org/2015/09/23/navy-se ... -next-year

any thoughts on range?
by petsan
Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:24 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Battleship powder ram question?
Replies: 3
Views: 8072

Battleship powder ram question?

Battleship powder ram question? The rammer operator rams the projectile until it is seated, the rotating band must be forced into the rifling so that the projectile will not move to the rear when the gun is elevated. The rammer-man rams 6 powder bags, the rearmost bag not more than 4" from the ...
by petsan
Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:37 pm
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: DDG-51 class Hybrid propulsion RANGE?
Replies: 3
Views: 12370

Re: DDG-51 class Hybrid propulsion RANGE?

I wasn't proposing this......I didn't make this up, the Navy is actually attempting to do this a simple Google search on DDG-51 HED will give you all the info... but no one is saying how much further the DDGs will go with HED (Hybrid electric drive) maybe not on the flight 3 Burke but definitely wit...
by petsan
Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:53 pm
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: DDG-51 class Hybrid propulsion RANGE?
Replies: 3
Views: 12370

DDG-51 class Hybrid propulsion RANGE?

After watching "the last ship" on TV I started wondering........ The standard DDG-51 class can go 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots I was wondering with a 16% fuel saving with Hybrid.....how far will a hybrid equipped DDG-51 go on service turbine-generators at 15 knots ? ??? ===============...
by petsan
Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: World Navies Today
Topic: New P-8A Poseidon Medium Aerial Torpedo
Replies: 0
Views: 12380

New P-8A Poseidon Medium Aerial Torpedo

Just a thought...sorry for Necro-Posting but it seems to me Antishipping warheads from 500 to 1,000 lb really dont necessarily sinks ships outright.....but a Mk-48 warhead (650 lb PBXN-103 equivalent to 1,200 lb TNT) under the keel almost guarantees a sink/kill everytime...with the more robust [1] P...
by petsan
Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:35 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: What would an Ohka Bomb do to the 3" deck of aWW2 British CV
Replies: 4
Views: 12228

Re: What would an Ohka Bomb do to the 3" deck of aWW2 Britis

I found somewhere that the BAKA had a 1,165 lb bursting charge inside the 2,646 lb Semi-armor piercing warhead
by petsan
Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:17 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: What would an Ohka Bomb do to the 3" deck of aWW2 British CV
Replies: 4
Views: 12228

What would an Ohka Bomb do to the 3" deck of aWW2 British CV

There has been much discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the British Armored flight Decks vs the American non-armored flight decks....the two navies followed differing philosophies in the use of armor on carrier flight decks starting with the design of the RN's Illustrious class, the US...
by petsan
Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:25 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Question on longitudinal STS bulkheads inside Iowas turrets
Replies: 7
Views: 11863

Re: Question on longitudinal STS bulkheads inside Iowas turr

Thanks Mr Jurens and everyone else
by petsan
Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Question on longitudinal STS bulkheads inside Iowas turrets
Replies: 7
Views: 11863

Question on longitudinal STS bulkheads inside Iowas turrets

On 19 April 1989 inside one of the USS Iowa's 16" gun barrels, five 55 or 100 pound bags of D-846 powder blew up, a fireball 3,000°F with a pressure of 4,000 PSI blew out from the center gun's open breech, the explosion caved in the door between the center gun room and the turret officer's boot...
by petsan
Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:13 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Comparing Montana's bomb deck armor to Yamato's Question?
Replies: 5
Views: 10421

Re: Comparing Montana's bomb deck armor to Yamato's Question

Thanks Dave,
I have Friedmansbook, Dulin Garzkes BB book, and assorted (warship int,sea classics) mags on Montana
and other than that and Internet searches is there any other place to get Montana info?
by petsan
Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:38 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Comparing Montana's bomb deck armor to Yamato's Question?
Replies: 5
Views: 10421

Comparing Montana's bomb deck armor to Yamato's Question?

Comparing Montana's deck armor to Yamato's I have found a problem.....over and over I have read that it was better to concentrate deck armor against bombs Question #1....Montana's 2¼" weather (Bomb) deck was laminated with either a ¾” thick STS the structural substrate, leaving the 1½” thick ST...
by petsan
Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:19 pm
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Question for Bill Jurens on his South dakota pic
Replies: 2
Views: 5007

Re: Question for Bill Jurens on his South dakota pic

Thanks Bill,... will do

Nice work by the way
Pete
by petsan
Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:40 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Question for Bill Jurens on his South dakota pic
Replies: 2
Views: 5007

Question for Bill Jurens on his South dakota pic

I found this picture (actually in two parts) somewhere here on KBismark, dont remember where, Was wondering if anyone knows what book this came from (I thought i had them all,,, wrong) the picture is blurry and I would like to get a better (sharper image) of this it is very very interesting because ...