Thread: Big old Battleship

Originally Posted by DeeJay

OK, OK SO WHERE IS CHER??

She's on the forrard deck with her legs wrapped around one of the 16 inch guns. Cant you see her! Biggest thing she's had between her legs I bet.

Apparently the Iowa class battleships were able to withstand a nuclear strike to within a distance of 1000 yards. Parts of them were protected by armour plating 14 inches thick. Amazing to see one retire after 67 years of service.

Does anyone know what has happened to the other three?

Willem

Originally Posted by 87County

General Belgrano ..........it was sunk by submarine attack on Thatcher's orders during the Falklands War with immense loss of life

lets not forget that the Argentinians started the Falklands conflict, but that they werent the only ones to sustain losses

it was war, after all

Originally Posted by willem

Does anyone know what has happened to the other three?

Willem

Lots of info here (one of my favourite websites)

BB-61 Iowa Class

Still looking for Cher...............

And by all accounts they still want it, the bad news is that the RN, could never mass such a fleet again, sure theres a airbase there with 4 Typhoon's on standby, 2000 ish troops, but thats all.. and you cant rust those sneaky Argentinians

Originally Posted by Sprint

lets not forget that the Argentinians started the Falklands conflict, but that they werent the only ones to sustain losses

it was war, after all

Originally Posted by Bearman

It is good to see historic ships such as the "Mighty Mo" preserved for future generations to see. She entered service late in WW2 and the Japanese surrender documents were signed on her deck by the Japenese emperor in Tokyo bay in 1945.

he yanks can pull out the stops when it comes to preservation, especially if they find something that's historically significant.

We cant take HMVS Cerberus, slowly collapsing. She not only significant to us and Victoria, but on the world Navy side she is just as significant.

HMVS Cerberus

Easo

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Another interesting one I went over a number of years ago was the USS Texas, which is on display at San Jacinto near Houston. Laid down in 1913, it was not launched until 1915-16, partly because the turbine engines destined for it from Scotland were taken by the British for more important ships. As the USA could not build suitable steam turbines at the time, it became the only "Dreadnought" battleship completed with quadruple expansion reciprocating engines. In service until the end of WW2, it remained the slowest battleship in service, with the nickname "old slowcoach". One intersting feature was the antiaircraft emplacements welded on all over it, obvious because the original construction was all rivetted.

John

John, the USS Texas was also used in the film "The Battle of the River Plate" to represent the German raider the "Admiral Graf Spae", Regards Frank.

Wasn't the Iowa the ship where one sailor packed his ex-boyfriend into one of the guns with a few charge packs and fired him off after a tiff?

I circled the Missouri in an army barge when she was parked in Gage Roads once. Big swell, but she just sat there.

Subs have taken over from Battleships.