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Have you seen the footage of the Cameron Expedition with the Mirs? When they were sliding around her, they sood discovered that long sections of the outer hull was missing, they could see where the fuel must have been stored, all the way back to the torpedo bulkhead, but that's where the damage evid...

Still, 4,000 tons being relieved from a sinking 40,000 ton wreck. I really don't see there being much of a dispute here. The engine rooms took up a great deal of space, meaning the water filled superstructure, upper decks (punctuerd by shells), engine rooms (scuttling), and other dead weights should...

I'm a navy geek. I pay attention to things that I see here and there. I know about the SSGN conversion back in 2002-06. As for the Virginia class: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/SHIP_SSN_Virginia_Class_Cutaway_lg.jpg There are many other articles about these improvements in magazines, an...

1. :? I'm sorry, but I just don't get what you're trying to get with the Alutian Zero thing. The zero was good, but not great. As our friends have noted, the losses were about equal with just the P-40. Now, TELL ME HOW THE P-38 WAS USING THE ALUTIAN ZERO TECH!?! There was no use from that, if we nev...

Now that I think about it that is a very good point. Does anyone have a map (not with the wreck's location of course) but one that gives the general arrangement and ranges of all the pieces... The hull, the turrets, the admiral's bridge... We know they were spread out, but HOW SPREAD OUT? Is it a ma...

The P-40 could really take some hits, like the WWII equivelant of the A-10! It was slower yes, and not as maneuverable, but it didn't burst into flames in only a few hits, there are reports of the engine still running on four cylinders, now that's rugged! Now, I 'm sorry to be frank, but I personall...

Not without disturbing the wreck (which I would vehemously dissaprove of, for it is a wargrave of thousands of poor and brave German sailors). The only real way would be to use a propulsor of some sort to blow the mud out of the way, then if the things don't collapse or fall over you could possibly ...

:stop: I have to agree with Bgile, it is rather fantasful and irrelevant. A ship with that size and displacement doesn't go down easily, and when it has enough water to submerge it and send it toward the bottom, it is going down all the way. Think of the... maybe now 40,000 tons that make the disman...

Hmmm... And another attempt by the navy to make their super-expensive subs sound more advanced. That tech has been around for more than five years! I mean, the capabilities are great, but for what price? I personally liked the older Los Angeles Class better, they wer a good, sturdy design and could ...

Good question! The only calibre of naval artillery on Bismarck that was not locked in and were gravity-mounted were... The 15in guns. The secondaries were all locked in by plates or joints to keep them (the lighter guns) from either falling out by heavy seas or from jumping out when firing. They did...

This one has to show the colors of a true naval commander that holds our (or atleast mine) hearts...


"I will not have my ship be shot out from under my ass (Return Fire!)"

Captain Ernst Lindemann

I agree, and also allow us to upload photos from our computers to posts also. Then we don't have to upload it to one of those photo sites first...

Crawfish, nice idea!

Careless old Russians. (no offense to anyone who may be on here...) Well, theres a reason they say the old Russian sub crews used to glow in the dark... he he he If reactors of that size and quantity (to a super-carrier) plumeted to the bottom I am sure the USN would check the safety on them almost ...

In that case I believe Quality over Quantity is the question my friends. The Chinese have enough patrol boats to sink Pearl Harbor ten times and still have enough to do circles around the old battlewagons. But the Aegis ships have the accuracy and range of a laser. :negative: Never count the underdo...

John Adams is good, he was a president by all respects!