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by BuckBradley
Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:08 pm
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: Kampon boilers
Replies: 16
Views: 26637

Re: Kampon boilers

Very interesting. Thanks for the response. I had not considered the fact that one is not moving so much against gravity as other forms of resistance. I guess this would also apply to a lesser extent to semi-trucks going down a level highway.
by BuckBradley
Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:04 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: High towers on Japanese battleships
Replies: 16
Views: 3031

Re: High towers on Japanese battleships

Stability was carefully studied in all phases of construction. That British sail warship that turned turtle was a clarion call. I'm pretty sure that the Captain's demise was caused not so much by faulty design as by failure to strictly supervise the material that was being worked into the ship duri...
by BuckBradley
Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:58 am
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: Kampon boilers
Replies: 16
Views: 26637

Re: Kampon boilers

But: would not even the same horsepower require more fuel to move more weight? Example: Say I have a 500hp diesel running at maximum power towing 5,000 ponds. Now suppose I have that same engine running at maximum power towing 10,000 pounds. Will it burn more fuel--or burn the same fuel but just mov...
by BuckBradley
Fri Oct 21, 2022 6:48 pm
Forum: Naval Propulsion
Topic: Kampon boilers
Replies: 16
Views: 26637

Re: Kampon boilers

Would one not expect Yamato to burn more fuel given that it's engines have to propel a lot more weight?
by BuckBradley
Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:28 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: Shell hits v armour
Replies: 6
Views: 4756

Re: Shell hits v armour

"Normal" hits are a mythical concept after about what 1880 or so?
by BuckBradley
Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:36 pm
Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
Topic: Ship's cats in the Imperial German Navy?
Replies: 1
Views: 3035

Re: Ship's cats in the Imperial German Navy?

I recall that some German cats featured in this vid but don't remember if they were WWI or WWII....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7HIY0GTEC8
by BuckBradley
Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:54 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Halsey on Leyte Gulf
Replies: 7
Views: 4273

Re: Halsey on Leyte Gulf

The three modernized BBs with Mark 8 FC radars were the only ones that had a good fire control solutions, and West Virginia actually did much of the shooting. If she had been there by herself it probably wouldn't have made much difference in terms of BB firepower. The Japanese ships were really des...
by BuckBradley
Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:49 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 'QE' and 'R'class ships
Replies: 8
Views: 3552

Re: 'QE' and 'R'class ships

If I remember my Freidman correctly, Winston was presented with an option: four "Super QEs" or five "Rs" for the same cost. To what I am imagining must have been his eternal regret, he permitted himself to be persuaded to go with the Rs.
by BuckBradley
Sat May 21, 2022 3:47 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?
Replies: 220
Views: 60390

Re: Was the battleship Bismarck really the best of its time?

This is very interesting. Is the "Harveyesque" method employed by US mills a possible source of the apparent inferiority of US plate (one reads everything from 10 to 25 per cent inferior to UK & German plates)??
by BuckBradley
Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:34 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Armor Quality
Replies: 7
Views: 3622

Re: Armor Quality

Definitely clouding the issue is the fact that two plates taken from the same ship could vary in factor of merit very considerably. Given that the sample sizes for actual physical tests were always going to be quite small, this introduced a large element of chance and uncertainty to any conclusions ...
by BuckBradley
Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:30 am
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: "Best" Pre-Dread Battleship
Replies: 2
Views: 1721

Re: "Best" Pre-Dread Battleship

Anybody care to take a crack at this one?
by BuckBradley
Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:27 am
Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
Topic: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR
Replies: 67
Views: 31068

Re: Adm Troubridge-right/wrong-in the GOEBEN AFFAIR

Sorry if I missed this from earlier in the thread, but wasn't Tourbridge actually ready to go for it before allowing himself to be talked out of it by a subordinate who upbraided him (Tourbridge) for brining up his "pride" as a factor? Also I think it was Massie in Castles of Steel who poi...
by BuckBradley
Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:59 am
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Are the Iowas Battlecruisers?
Replies: 23
Views: 4512

Re: Are the Iowas Battlecruisers?

OpanaPointer wrote: Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:44 pm Assigned as "assigned to ship's company". I did nearly a year on New Jersey then volunteered to cross-deck to Missouri to replicate my experience with certain items. (Both ships were being fitted out for service after being pulled from mothballs one more time.)
Ah OK got it--thanks.
by BuckBradley
Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:07 am
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: "Best" Pre-Dread Battleship
Replies: 2
Views: 1721

"Best" Pre-Dread Battleship

Hi all: Wondering what your thoughts are on the best pre-dread (which includes the somewhat paradoxically named "semi-dreadnoughts"). Personally I'm having a difficult time deciding between the Brit Nelsons and the French Dantons. Who do you think would win a one on one (or a two on two if...
by BuckBradley
Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:02 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Cruisers
Replies: 7
Views: 1997

Re: Cruisers

Gentlemen, I'm not sure this post is in the right place, but here it stays! We have often discussed the merits of armour and armament of Battleships and Battlecruisers on this Forum, but rarely on Cruisers, so here is the question. if you were going to go into battle on a cruiser, what type would y...