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- From: Stephen Harker <phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Subject: Re: Iowa Class Battleships
- Message-ID: <BzzCx0.sx@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Followup-To: re: naval trivia
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Physics Department
- References: <BzH510.AxB@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:36:36 GMT
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- From Stephen Harker <phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- In article <BzH510.AxB@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, yukyuk@beta.lanl.gov (Craig B. Huffnagle) writes:
- >
- > The Iowa-class Battleships were designated 'fast battleships' capable
- > of speeds up to 33 knots. The 'slow battleships' were to start with
- > BB 67 of the Montana class. The Montana class would have carried the
- > 18 in. turrets available at the time and would be capable of speeds
- > up to 27 knots.
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- 18 in. turrets? Do you mean 18 in armour or guns? Every source I
- have read has described the Montana class as being designed for 12 (4x3)
- 16 in guns of the same type as were installed in the Iowa class.
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- Stephen Harker phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Monash University Baloney baffles brains: Eric Frank Russell
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