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  1. 04-14-2015, 12:27 PM #1
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    Mil. photos

    http://imgur.com/a/LAdE3?gallery. Great Mil. photos. The ship is the Wisconson, BB64.
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  2. 04-14-2015, 12:34 PM #2
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    Great find - awesome pictures!
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    Very very cool.
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    Nice....love them.
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    Thanks for posting them.
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  7. 04-14-2015, 04:13 PM #7
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    Your welcome. I was noticing the sideways 'wake' from the full broadside, amazing.
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    A GM-1 was my boot camp instructor and formerly a BB gunner during WW2.

    He said when they fired all of their guns at once the ship was pushed IIRC 20 feet sideways.

    I can not imagine what that did to their hearing.
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  9. 04-15-2015, 07:38 AM #9
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    Very cool.
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    Thanks for posting, if I were being pushed out a plane, I'd need a muzzle on too!
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    Now, that was most cool. Very good. Thank you for that.
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    I think if you were on deck when they fired all those bad boys your hearing was the least of your worries. I don't know for sure but Wow! Nice pics Thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by popper View Post
    Your welcome. I was noticing the sideways 'wake' from the full broadside, amazing.
    Nice find Thank you.
    I also noticied that 'wake'. Awesome.
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  14. 04-15-2015, 12:15 PM #14
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    Can anyone guestimate the pounds of black powder burned in just one salvo?
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    Thanks for posting the pictures. They are great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Water Bill View Post
    A GM-1 was my boot camp instructor and formerly a BB gunner during WW2.

    He said when they fired all of their guns at once the ship was pushed IIRC 20 feet sideways.

    I can not imagine what that did to their hearing.
    I read that someone said that being hit by the muzzle blast from the 16-inchers was like being run into by a truck with a mattress on the bumper. On the other hand the muzzle blast from the 5-inchers was like being hit with a big plank.
    And I doubt that that 60,000 ton ship would barely move sideways when all the main battery went...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Echo View Post
    I doubt that that 60,000 ton ship would barely move sideways when all the main battery went...
    A couple of "land lubbers"have doubted that statement but who am I to argue with a GUNNERS MATE FIRST CLASS that was there and done that.
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    very nice!!!!
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    The main-battery 16" guns used SMOKELESS powder in bags for the propellant.

    900 pounds was a common load, and each of the bags of powder had a small black-powder charge to help get the powder burning correctly.

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    Awesome... How long does it take to teach a dog to jump...
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