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- Wed Nov 10, 2021 5:22 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: A Visual Tour of Battleship USS New Jersey
- Replies: 2
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A Visual Tour of Battleship USS New Jersey
A VIsual Tour of Battleship USS New Jersey is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/098998043X/ It is available on international Amazon's, Barnes & Noble, as well. This is the first book in a series on the structure of the Iowa-class battleships. It is a deck-by-deck photographic to...
- Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:51 am
- Forum: Warship Photos
- Topic: Formerly Top Secret Features of USS New Jersey
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1226
Formerly Top Secret Features of USS New Jersey
Only now can they be revealed:
- Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:32 am
- Forum: Warship Photos
- Topic: U.S.S. New Jersey Inner Bottom
- Replies: 1
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U.S.S. New Jersey Inner Bottom
This is the inner bottom of U.S.S. New Jersey. The inner bottom is up and the hull is down. The closest opening is FR81 looking aft. It is extremely dry down there. This was a diesel fuel tank when the ship was in service. The emergency diesel generator is above. The round thing in the corner is a d...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:03 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: New Iowa Class Book
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2144
Re: New Iowa Class Book
I think that you are referring to mine. The U.S.S. New Jersey channel has been showing off the review copies I printed out of the first volume. Due to my frustration over the near total lack of accurate information on the structure of the Iowa-class battleships, I plan to do a data dump in a series ...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:35 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck range
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7702
Re: Bismarck range
One piece that is missing in this discussion is that the Iowa-class battleships were designed to carry fuel for themselves AND THEIR ESCORTS (and the earlier battleships adopted this). Fuel Capacity / Fuel Consumption = Range —gives a theoretical measurement, not an actual operational measurement. I...
- Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:37 am
- Forum: Warship Photos
- Topic: USS New Jersey Turret Foundation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3433
Re: USS New Jersey Turret Foundation
I was cleaning the computer and came across an illustration I had made of the area shown in the photograph. Unfortunately, the board keeps giving me an unhelpful error when I try to upload.
C'est la guerre.
C'est la guerre.
- Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:35 am
- Forum: Warship Photos
- Topic: USS New Jersey Turret Foundation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3433
Re: USS New Jersey Turret Foundation
I was cleaning the computer and came across an illustration I had made of the area shown in the photograph. Unfortunately, the board keeps giving me an unhelpful error when I try to upload.
C'est la guerre.
C'est la guerre.
- Mon May 17, 2021 3:55 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Iowas Class Battleship Plans
- Replies: 1
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Iowas Class Battleship Plans
Through FOIA requests I have discovered that that original plans for BB-34–BB-66 were sent to the Naval Historical Warehouse in Memphis TN and were likely tossed into the garbage when that facility was closed. A full set of Iowa-class plans (300 boxes) was sent to the Philadelphia Navy yard. That se...
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:55 am
- Forum: Warship Photos
- Topic: USS New Jersey Turret Foundation
- Replies: 4
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USS New Jersey Turret Foundation
This is from an extremely difficult area to reach beneath turret no. 1 on USS New Jersey. Turret fit was a major problem with the Iowa-class design. The redesigned turrets barely fit within the hull. Turret no. 1 had to be adjusted to fit. The bottom of that turret is truncated at either side. Unlik...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:43 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2994
Re: Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History
It's incredibly tough to get all the facts down correctly in a book. Even when you know the right fact, you often end up typing the wrong thing. Last week, a reviewer caught that I had put down 2 degrees as the loading angle of the Iowa class guns.Doh! That's the depression angle. Loading is 5 degre...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 3:32 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10128
Re: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:54 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10128
Re: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
Hans be careful now, as you will raise the ire of herr paseolati, as his opinion - although, by his own admission having actual had in his hands on only one of his books - is that anything Mr Draminksi publishes is dogdirt. :negative: My cats hate almost everything Draminski. The covers of the Iowa...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:49 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10128
Re: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
A new stash of original Iowa-class plans was discovered this month that is on its way to destruction. Hopefully the forces of goodness will be able to be able to remove them before the incinerator.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:59 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10128
Re: Anatomy of the Ship Iowa/Stefan Draminski
"My question: is there available (in English) any good technical book on Bismarck (I mean hull construction, armor (plates), engines detailed layout, turbines, boilers, guns, turret, fire direction, radar, fire fighting plant, pumps, boats, catapult, etc.) ? Is there on Iowas ?"" In t...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:37 am
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: The Structural role of Main Armour Decks
- Replies: 7
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Re: The Structural role of Main Armour Decks
The U.S. Navy did not regard anything as "armor" unless it was at least 4 inches thick. While you are describing the deck armor as being 4.75" + 1.25" = 6", the designers considered this as 4.75" of armor. In almost every case, flat armor on the Iowas is attached to som...