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I beleive the Kearney was only damaged and not sunk in that incident. Accordling to Wikipedia she was only struck from the navy list in 1971. (I know, I know, wiki...but wiki is probabaly good enough for this purpose.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kearny_(DD-432)

Hello all, I know he IJN followed British Naval practice and philosophy in many areas, is this also the case in their naval machinery--perhaps at least as a starting point for developing their own ideas? I find many mentions of Japanese warhsips being equipped with Kampon Boilers, but I haven't real...

Ahh, thanks for that. Of course, that was one of the possibilities I was thinking about, but didn't include in my post! C'est la vie. On a personal level, it has always irked me slightly than many books see fit to mention funnel caps being fitted--but never go into why--or how successful they were. ...

Hi all, and thank you for your answers about armor belt construction, by the way. At any rate, could anybody tell me the purpose behind capping a ship's funnel? It seems that the Germans modified many of their ships by adding caps to the funnel and I was wondering what specific benefit they gained f...

Thanks Byron, that's close to what I suspected, but had never really seen spelled out.

I suppose now would be as good a time as any to warn you that I'll have a lot more questions like this to come in the days ahead! :)

Hi all, I am new here, so forgive me if this has been covered and I've just missed it; how are armored belts (or decks) actually assembled? I find it hard to believe that a given belt could be one giant slab--if for no other reason than the material handling capability of the time could'nt move such...