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- Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Reports by British Office of Naval Intelligence about the German Navy 1917
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12087
Re: Reports by British Office of Naval Intelligence about the German Navy 1917
The wife says "thanks". If I'm busy she doesn't have to deal with complaints about me running the street, peeing on car tires, and barking at the neighbors.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:17 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Secundary guns turrets
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26503
Re: Secundary guns turrets
The Park Service survey is online. I helped teach the Pearl Harbor attack module at Purdue, under Prof. Randy Roberts. I was asked why the bodies weren't removed from the wreck. "Well, besides the ghoulishness of the task you have to remember that a shit load of powder went off in a confined sp...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Secundary guns turrets
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26503
Re: Secondary guns turrets
Anybody know of a good analysis of Arizona's cataclysmic explosion? Did the US Parks Service do any such or did they just survey the wreckage?
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Secundary guns turrets
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26503
Re: Secundary guns turrets
Yeah. But the join between the flaps and the rest of the bulkhead would be the weakest point, yes?
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:18 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Secundary guns turrets
- Replies: 26
- Views: 26503
Re: Secundary guns turrets
I was under the impression that there were "flash blockers" in the line of ammo from storage to gun deck. They opened upward and the shell passed through, then they closed. I've seen this in operation at least once, but lordy, that was 30+ years ago. Ready to say "Oops".
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Naval communications in WWII
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12674
Re: Naval communications in WWII
DERAIL-ON My favorite TBS message, when I was still in high school, was sent by RAdm. Willis "Ching" Lee during a bit of a disagreement in the Solomons. Night action, "sound and fury signifying nothing" abounds. Then the USN hears this: "This is Ching Lee in Washington and I...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:40 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Beauty & the Beast
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17572
Re: Beauty & the Beast
Firing #3 over #2 sounds like fun. Too bad I have a root canal scheduled for that day, darn it.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: 276 years ago today...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9632
Re: 276 years ago today...
Got it. Linguistics, my old enemy.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: 276 years ago today...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9632
Re: 276 years ago today...
"Real Armada"? The one commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia?Byron Angel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:28 pm Having read a bit of AoS naval history, it is fair to say the Real Armada did not lack courage.
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- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: New Book - Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail 1700-1860
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2097
Re: New Book - Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail 1700-1860
Any mention of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia?
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:09 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Best Books on Jutland?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8849
Re: Best Books on Jutland?
Which book does the best job of telling us what's wrong with our bloody ships today?
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: The Hold
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4604
Re: The Hold
The stevedore jobs didn't change much over the centuries.
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:53 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: The Hold
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4604
Re: The Hold
I've watched people load grain into the holds on a ship next to us in Singapore. The pallets were hoisted into the hold and the workers pulled them off the pallet and stowed them. The pallet went out when unloaded and the crane picked up another one. (The things you'll watch when you're on duty and...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:08 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: The Hold
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4604
Re: The Hold
I've watched people load grain into the holds on a ship next to us in Singapore. The pallets were hoisted into the hold and the workers pulled them off the pallet and stowed them. The pallet went out when unloaded and the crane picked up another one. (The things you'll watch when you're on duty and ...
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:29 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Crew Exhaustion a factor in final battle?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3144
Re: Crew Exhaustion a factor in final battle?
Based on my own twenty years active duty I can picture them standing down whenever possible to allow for crew rest. I've slept on steel decks more than once. It does get tiring but 20 minutes shut-eye can work wonders. Or it can convince you that life at sea during war time isn't your cup of tea.