tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post137420620468795826..comments2024-03-22T02:17:34.909-07:00Comments on Weapons, warfare and industrial idiocy: A Tale To Lift The Spirits...Dan brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11146234533337885291noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-15992071139275541272018-11-27T03:10:56.675-08:002018-11-27T03:10:56.675-08:00Thanks for sharing, it was interesting to read!Thanks for sharing, it was interesting to read!wintowhttp://www.windy-towarowe.pl/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-42265639852191659532012-04-20T12:33:01.770-07:002012-04-20T12:33:01.770-07:00You didn't mention the most remarkable about t...You didn't mention the most remarkable about the USS Kearsarge (BB-5):<br /><br />It was one of the earliest ships with superfiring guns. This arrangement of its forward battery was the key for the later (from about 1910) dominant design of having only centerline main artillery turrets, and have them capable of firing forward or rearward without the survivability issues of non-centerline turrets (example Dreadnought, Invincible classes).<br /><br />It was a widely held belief at the turn of the century that superfiring guns would produce unacceptable overpressure problems for the affected turret. Fully enclosed turrets happened to have solved that issue, and ships such as the USS Kearsarge helped to clear the path.<br /><br />Sometimes it's amazing what a quick look at a b/w photo can tell you about a ship.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28891290.post-87184332684118140352012-04-13T20:59:05.229-07:002012-04-13T20:59:05.229-07:00I believe you've neglected our girl "Oreg...I believe you've neglected our girl "Oregon" gone to the breakers for the war effort! What a sad end! At least Kearsarge was useful until the end, all the O-girl was good for was scrap. <br /><br />As usual, a good post, and i am sorry I missed the previous crane post, but then again, I don't have $35,000 just laying around. If I did I wouldn't be surfing the interwebs.Jimh.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com