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I'm a retired Machinist Mate, the rating that's responsible for main propulsion turbines in the USN. The layout of the "main propulsion plant" is usually a mashup of what the designers wanted and what the builders would do. That being said the philosophy behind the designs would have been ...

It was poignant when the telegraphist told the survivor he shouldn't be wearing that hat with HMAS Sydney on it anymore. I had a bracelet with a MIA's info on it. When the VN war was officially over some dweeb told me I didn't need to wear that any more. I explained things to him, ungently. I hope ...

Steve Crandell wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 6:07 pm It was poignant when the telegraphist told the survivor he shouldn't be wearing that hat with HMAS Sydney on it anymore.

I had a bracelet with a MIA's info on it. When the VN war was officially over some dweeb told me I didn't need to wear that any more. I explained things to him, ungently.

I was on DC parties and Inport Fire Parties, worked my way up to #1 Nozzleman. Lots of "fun".

Look up Japanese Monograph 118, available on Hyperwar and elsewhere. 500+ pages on Japanese radio doctrine, should have something you can use.

The USN put a IJN carrier division near Johnston Island based on radio direction tracking. This caused our carriers to be sent south instead of north (the reciprocal of the real direction) when we detected radio signals attributed to Nagumo Kido Butai.

You make it sound like that was a bad thing.

Command Decision, 1948 staring Clark Gable, is not an action movie, but just a great study in the power and burden of leadership. And "Twelve O'clock High" was a tour de force in personnel management. It was used in the NCO leadership and management course when I was on active duty (c. la...

"Hamma, hamma, hamma!"

lSearch at HMSO https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov. ... /c/F259594

Well, no, but machinery is costly, in money, space onboard, consumption, nobody would design and build a high speed mine layer if it was not intended for offensive operations, in which velocity in transit would be paramount. Other than getting to a proposed barrage area and getting back again for t...

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:31 pm Just for that reason, an offensive mine field, located near an enemy port, is not normally sailed by friendly ships.

I'm not sure anyone implied that.

Well Byron, we are speaking of offensive (ie in enemy waters) mine laying, friendly ships would not be supposed to be around. Anyway I agree, 40 knots is about 20 m/s, surely a bottom mine would have no problem being tossed at such a speed, but a moored mine is out of the question, the water is lik...

Thanks, Byron, my inner chaos demands I forget "n't" when it would cause the most confusion. And, just for fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Mine_Barrage Thanks OpanaPointer, The Wiki entry was actually useful and interesting! Not always the case. B Until we examine a wiki page...

Thanks, Byron, my inner chaos demands I forget "n't" when it would cause the most confusion.

And, just for fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Mine_Barrage