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by synthesim
Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:36 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato turret rotation time?
Replies: 4
Views: 4284

Re: Yamato turret rotation time?

The book says each turret had two sets of training gears, only one set being used at a time. Contrary to previous Japanese practice, a worm gear was rejected because of space limitations and a rack and pinion system adopted. Each turret was equipped with two 500hp hydraulic motors for train drive--o...
by synthesim
Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:34 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato turret rotation time?
Replies: 4
Views: 4284

Yamato turret rotation time?

According to 'The Battleship Yamato' by Janusz Skulski, the main gunhouses were rotated at the rate of 2 degrees per second. It doesn't take a math genius to figure out that if the guns are pointing straight to starboard, and you want to traverse them around to full to port, that's 180 degrees, or 9...
by synthesim
Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:25 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

I'm reminded of the 'three most important points of real estate'; location, location, location. Or in countless football matches where both sides are evenly matched, the reason the guy with the ball gets through is because all the giant full backs and other are 'out of position'. To deceive the enem...
by synthesim
Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:19 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

They carried the largest and most powerfull guns of any warship ever build, were the heaviest BB ever built (and heaviest warship ever built in their time), and were designed to engage and destroy multiple enemy battleships simoultaneously . I guess that qualifies them easily in a competition for &...
by synthesim
Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:43 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

You'll note the title of this thread is "Yamato: the greatest warship of all times ... In reading the quoted reply I realized that, In my haste, the words completely escaped my notice. I recant my previous post, and will not further comment from that viewpoint. Thank you for alerting me to my ...
by synthesim
Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:38 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: military forms of address
Replies: 4
Views: 1899

Re: military forms of address

I see. Best not to call him 'Admiral' if he is 'Rear Admiral'.
The Captain of Yamato was a one star Rear Admiral.
There is a certain sense of affinity, honor, and humility in recognizing that faithfully.
Thank you very much for that.
by synthesim
Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:31 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

I've been gathering information for a fictional work about Yamato,
which harmonizes with the historical record in creative ways.
Wishing everyone here the best. Thank you.
by synthesim
Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:38 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

You're right alecsandros, all the American battleships with their more modern radar FCS had to do was to stay out of Yamato's way until they were numerically superior in numbers of ships or planes, or until after dark when Yamato's superior optical RF's and spotter planes -of which she could carry u...
by synthesim
Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

quote: "Yamato, the greatest warship of all time? Naw..." Very well, I will merely give a brief list of some of Yamato's accomplishments; Yamato was the first ship ever to use a true bulbous bow to reduce hull resistance and increase propulsive efficiency. As many as fifty experimental hul...
by synthesim
Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:43 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

The reason I mention this idea of seeing the incoming shells in time to avoid them, in the pc game 'Silent Hunter', you could see incoming destroyer shells quite a while before they hit (but of course that was a game-programmer's hypothetical scenario and not the real world). And in 'Shattered Sword...
by synthesim
Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:12 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: military forms of address
Replies: 4
Views: 1899

Re: military forms of address

Thank you very much.
So would no one ever call him 'Captain', or 'Captain sir', or 'Admiral'?

If he was a 1 star Rear Admiral, could I refer to him one moment as 'Rear Admiral', and the next moment as just 'Admiral', like they do in 'Requiem for Battleship Yamato'?
by synthesim
Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:37 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times
Replies: 57
Views: 19313

Re: Yamato: the greatest warship of all times

If Yamato and Iowa were shooting it out, and Iowa was still outranged at 25+ miles, and Yamato fired, could not the officers of Iowa see the shells in flight and determine their relative trajectory in time to turn aside to port or starboard and avoid the shells?
by synthesim
Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:44 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: military forms of address
Replies: 4
Views: 1899

military forms of address

In the biographical account 'Requiem for Battleship Yamato' by Yoshida Mitsuru, one moment he is referring to Rear Admiral Ariga Kosaku as 'Rear Admiral', the next as 'Captain', and I think he may once or twice have referred to him as merely 'Admiral' or even 'the Admiral'. In working on a fiction w...
by synthesim
Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:13 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: what do they mean by 'caliber'?
Replies: 2
Views: 2139

what do they mean by 'caliber'?

Speaking of 'caliber' in the book 'Russian Battleship vs. Japanese Battleship' by Robert Forczyk, subtitled 'Yellow Sea 1904-05', it talks of 6-in/45-cal or of 12-in/30-cal guns. I gather the 'cal' means 'caliber', but how is this spoken of? They already gave the shell diameter, so what do they mean...
by synthesim
Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:57 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: barbettes and turrets
Replies: 5
Views: 4707

Re: barbettes and turrets

Thank you very much for your information. Based on what you told me, I also found these links;

The Barbette: A Lightweight Gun Mounting (1870s - 1890s)
http://www.cityofart.net/bship/barbette.html

Barbette
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Barbette