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besilarius

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Reply #795 on: October 30, 2019, 09:07:54 PM
Mark 56 Gunfire Control System.

https://www.eugeneleeslover.com/USNAVY/CHAPTER-26-E.html

One of the reasons radar is better than optical fire control.

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"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #796 on: October 31, 2019, 07:55:21 AM
Zuikaku and Kaga, in the background, on course to Pearl Harbor, November. 1941

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #797 on: October 31, 2019, 08:17:35 AM
heavy cruisers USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Pensacola (CA-24) and USS New Orleans (CA-32) (listed from left to right) nested together at Pearl Harbor, 31 October 1943. Ford Island is at the left, with the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) under salvage at the extreme left, just beyond Salt Lake City's forward superstructure. Note the radar antennas, gun directors and 8-inch guns on these three heavy cruisers. Two New Mexico-class battleships are visible in the background between Pensacola and New Orleans.
The Treaty cruisers were built to stay within the 10,000 ton limit and were quite limited as a result.  For example, Japanese heavy cruisers, like Ashigara, is now rated as 17,000 tons.  Also, there was a difference of doctrine.  US cruisers were designed for long range action, while the IJN designed for night fighting.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #798 on: November 03, 2019, 07:48:46 AM
Fifty miles off Honshu.
Uss Franklin assisted by Light Cruiser Santa Fe.  19 March, 1945.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #799 on: November 06, 2019, 04:10:35 PM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.


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Reply #800 on: November 06, 2019, 05:01:32 PM
I recognize that airport! I spent almost four months at Gitmo.  :sigh:

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Reply #801 on: November 06, 2019, 07:37:51 PM
Was that for being Bin Laden's driver, or were you hiding from an old girlfriend? Or both?

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Reply #802 on: November 06, 2019, 08:02:52 PM
No, they wanted to take Belgium from me but I refused. I was exiled to Guantanamo and given sovereignty over Cuba. And I was allowed to retain the title of Emperor.

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Reply #803 on: November 06, 2019, 09:18:49 PM
No, they wanted to take Belgium from me but I refused. I was exiled to Guantanamo and given sovereignty over Cuba. And I was allowed to retain the title of Emperor.

If you'd have taken the deal and not snuck back home one night you never would have ended up on Pitcairn Island in the end. At least everyone knows your name there...

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Reply #804 on: November 06, 2019, 11:17:26 PM
I bet that gave you time to work on your tan.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #805 on: November 07, 2019, 07:39:17 AM
Pretty sure most of us are so white, we're reflective.

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Reply #806 on: November 07, 2019, 07:54:39 AM
Pretty sure most of us are so white, we're reflective.

There are some of us that have been to Origins that know the truth.  :whistle:

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Reply #807 on: November 07, 2019, 07:58:14 AM
Yes, some of us have, SEVERAL times. :P

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Reply #808 on: November 07, 2019, 08:00:49 AM
You know I'd go if I could, but its a long way to hitch-hike.

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Reply #809 on: November 07, 2019, 10:21:20 AM
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French armored cruiser Chanzy, wrecked on the China coast, circa 30 May 1907. She has lighters alongside, probably removing gear in an attempt to get her off, and appears to still have steam up.



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