Posted on 05/09/2024 6:04:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Before the rise of aircraft carriers, battleships were every navy’s most powerful asset.
Over the years, scores of these vessels sailed the seas, bristling with weapons, and their actions marked the turning points of world wars and other major conflicts.
Five battleships stand out among their number.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalinterest.org ...
When complete, the ship will be permanently moored elsewhere in Galveston instead of being returned to its prior location at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in the greater Houston area.
-PJ
” At one point, the Texas’ captain ordered the ballast tanks on the seaward side to be flooded to list the ship in order to elevate the gun barrels. The purpose was to give the guns further range.”
Not a ballast tank. A torpedo bulge/blister.
Later ships move the torpedo protection inboard as the bulges created too much drag.
They replaced the deck about 20 years ago. My employer at the time made a product they planned to use. I went to the boat to train them how to use it. They gave me a small piece of the scrapped deck.
Yamato -Tomato 🧐
It looks like she won’t be going back to her old home.
Pier 20 in Galveston maybe..
No respect for tin can sailors.
She’s not.
The ship was listed 3 degrees and the Captain ordered the guns to fire. The Panzer column was destroyed.
Well, it was an article about *battleships*. Speaking of tin can sailors, though, check out the recent videos of the USS Kidd being moved from her berth in Baton Rouge, down the Mississippi for drydock work in Houma.
USS Monitor, Captain John Lorimer WORDEN
Were the torpedo bulge/blisters an add-on to existing hulls as the threat evolved with more effective torpedoes?
Did the island capsize? </Hank Johnson>
Yes
Battleships still have a place in a modern navy. Maybe not with big guns but with missiles replacing the 14” to 18” shells.
They’re experimenting with lasers to put on warships. Don’t forget rail guns.
“Yamato”
Some say, Yamato...
Did you possibly forget Leyte Gulf?
There’s an interesting movie about the design and development of the Yamato. Some math whiz kid in Japan worked against the ‘system’ to prove the design. Whole lot of politics involved there.
This is a joke to not put the Yamato and her sister ship the Musashi first. They were easily the two most powerful battleships to ever sail. 72,000 tons combat displacement and armed with 18 inch naval rifles, they were bigger and better armed than any other battleships in history.
The Iowa class battleships would be next. They were the next biggest and had 16 inch naval rifles and at 60,000 tons, were the next largest.
The next would probably be Bismarck and Tirpitz. They were each 50,000 tons and had 15 inch naval rifles.
The next is one that just missed World War II. HMS Vanguard was completed just after the war. She was 45,000 tons and had 15 inch naval rifles.
After that, take your pick.
I guess they figured that the Galveston location had more chance of attracting more tourists. The Galveston Naval Museum is nearby, with a submarine and a destroyer to tour (both on land). The Johnson Space Center is nearby, as well as the Kemah Boardwalk and Pleasure Pier amusement parks. When the weather is nice, there is also the Schlitterbahn waterpark.
-PJ
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