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by Dod Grile
Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:08 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
Replies: 93
Views: 35466

Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?

The answer is: it really wasn't that poor during the war...It was quite poor before the war, I mean. Even in short & medium-range practice shoots the numbers for 8" cruisers were often dismal. However, the idea that 8" guns would be accurate at medium to long ranges (and at night to bo...
by Dod Grile
Wed May 21, 2014 7:38 pm
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: IJN above-surface torpedo doctrine
Replies: 4
Views: 8324

Re: IJN above-surface torpedo doctrine

Hello B, Thx again. I see what you are telling me and that makes sense...but, I wanted to be sure that we understood that the mount MUST move some for the proper sight angles needed. What you wrote confirms this. "The lead angle is basically applied by putting the torpedo mount on a suitable be...
by Dod Grile
Wed May 21, 2014 3:14 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: IJN above-surface torpedo doctrine
Replies: 4
Views: 8324

Re: IJN above-surface torpedo doctrine

Hello, Thanks for that; I am glad to learn this. And it makes some sense. (How the torpedoes were fired with the tubes pointed "more or less abeam" is a mystery & bit hard to accept, though. I'd like to know more about that, certainly. Does this mean the ship had to orient itself to pr...
by Dod Grile
Wed May 21, 2014 12:22 am
Forum: Naval Weapons
Topic: IJN above-surface torpedo doctrine
Replies: 4
Views: 8324

IJN above-surface torpedo doctrine

Does anyone know whether the Imperial Navy's surface torpedo doctrine preferred curved fire ahead (with increased gyro settings) or straight broadside fire during WWII? I know USN destroyer skippers much preferred the former...but I haven't seen much documentation from the Japanese side.
by Dod Grile
Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:20 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Turret expolosion on USS Mississippi
Replies: 4
Views: 1814

Re: Turret expolosion on USS Mississippi

FWIW:

The turret explosion on Mississippi in 1924 led to the inclusion of armoured turret officer's booths in our Treaty cruisers which were then being designed...
by Dod Grile
Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:58 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Longest Gunfire Hit
Replies: 48
Views: 73617

Re: Longest Gunfire Hit

Hello, That's alright. I have a fairly simple metric in such matters. I give the benefit of the doubt to the ship[s] that stayed above water. But, back to this subject--a number of hits by the IJN cruisers Nachi and Haguro at the Batle of the Java Sea were also at very great range. Japanese action r...
by Dod Grile
Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:32 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Longest Gunfire Hit
Replies: 48
Views: 73617

Re: Longest Gunfire Hit

For those interested, the Japanese have long claimed such hits by Yamato . Not sure why this is suddenly seen as revelatory, although perhaps Western researchers who do not work w/IJN records may have something to do with it. If I remember rightly, an article in the Japanese magazine "MARU"...
by Dod Grile
Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:50 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Longest Gunfire Hit
Replies: 48
Views: 73617

Re: Longest Gunfire Hit

Hi, The sinking of USS Edsall (DD-219) was a messy and complicated business, and all of the relevant IJN records do not agree among themselves entirely. But, it did take a total of 1,335 shells--with one or two claimed hits (which I find rather dubious, really)...I do not believe the range was anywh...