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Oooh, easy mistake.

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The sails form a rough cone around the ship where they block direct view from the crow's nest. The lookout would not be responsible for anything in that cone. If another ship got so close as to be in the cone the lookout would be catching hell, of course. A situation where the lookout could miss som...

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IIRC the First Lt. had the overall command of the gun decks with the "Gunner", a warrant officer, honchoing the lower gun deck. This from reading 50+ years ago.

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noun Nautical. a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors. any sailors' quarters located in the forward part of a vessel, as a deckhouse.

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Joe100 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:58 pm
Every battleship design is some sort of compromise and the Americans chose to sacrifice seakeeping for speed.

The basic criteria: Power + Protection + Endurance = 1

I picture a set of sliding scales, interlocked so pushing one up pushes the other two down.

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During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Musashi was sunk by an estimated 19 torpedo and 17 bomb hits from American carrier-based aircraft on 24 October 1944. Over half of her crew was rescued. Her wreck was located in March 2015 by a team of researchers employed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. https:/...

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Naval History and Heritage Command should have the books if they still exist.

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How many sections did each pump serve? I was usually on the inport fire party for my ship and by placing the pumps strategically they got one pump serving two sections.

And I may have misinterpreted your question, I've got an IV going right now and Ford's in his flivver.

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Does UTAH count? The IJN pilots were told EXACTLY where she would be, and that she was demilitarized. Still wasted ordnance on her.

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I did a "color postcard collection" for the Naval History and Heritage Command that had most of those ships. Very US-1890s look to them. They have it online somewhere if one were interested.

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I was fairly sure you were joking but having helped teach the WWII class at Purdue I'm compelled to provide additional information lest some befuddled undergrad turns off his smellchecker and runs with this new found knowledge. Just a habit of mine, especially with Belushi's "the Germans bombed...

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He was playing a character in the movie.

He wasn't even born in 1941.

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R Leonard wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 12:15 am Grayling crash-dived and avoided damage, but the B-17 crews claimed to have sunk a Japanese heavy cruiser in 15 seconds.

Belushi claimed to have sunk a sub off California in the movie "1941".

"I saw it go down!"

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marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:19 pm
OpanaPointer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:48 pm The correct term is "Flight Deck".
Sorry !

I've slaughtered many languages in my time.

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The correct term is "Flight Deck".

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