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Ranked: The 5 Best Battleships of All Time
The National Interest ^
| May 7, 2024
| Maya Carlin
Posted on 05/09/2024 6:04:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Here is the latest update on the
refurbishing of the USS Texas in a Galveston shipyard.
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
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:04:18 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Texas resident
” 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.
To: Macho MAGA Man
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.
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:10:00 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
To: Macho MAGA Man
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:16:05 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Political Junkie Too
It looks like she won’t be going back to her old home.
Pier 20 in Galveston maybe..
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:20:30 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Macho MAGA Man
No respect for tin can sailors.
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:22:32 PM PDT
by
NavyShoe
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:35:32 PM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: TexasGator; Texas resident
There was a column of Panzers waiting for orders to advance on D Day. The Panzer Commander knew that the Texas was off shore so he parked his Panzers just out of range because he knew the Texas couldn't come any closer. The Captain of the Texas ordered a 3 degree list to give the ship's guns just a little more elevation. He couldn't order too much list because the ship might flip once the guns were fired.
The ship was listed 3 degrees and the Captain ordered the guns to fire. The Panzer column was destroyed.
To: NavyShoe
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.
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posted on
05/09/2024 7:59:09 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: linMcHlp
USS Monitor, Captain John Lorimer WORDEN
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posted on
05/09/2024 8:00:27 PM PDT
by
heylady
To: TexasGator
Later ships move the torpedo protection inboard as the bulges created too much drag. Were the torpedo bulge/blisters an add-on to existing hulls as the threat evolved with more effective torpedoes?
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posted on
05/09/2024 8:04:48 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: Coronal
Tirpitz fired its guns in anger one time at an island. Did the island capsize? </Hank Johnson>
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posted on
05/09/2024 8:07:58 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: null and void
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posted on
05/09/2024 8:35:35 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Macho MAGA Man
Battleships still have a place in a modern navy. Maybe not with big guns but with missiles replacing the 14” to 18” shells.
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posted on
05/09/2024 9:20:54 PM PDT
by
MeganC
("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
To: MeganC
They’re experimenting with lasers to put on warships. Don’t forget rail guns.
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posted on
05/09/2024 10:12:04 PM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: Macho MAGA Man
“Yamato”
Some say, Yamato...
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posted on
05/10/2024 2:37:43 AM PDT
by
Does so
( 🇺🇦....We are in the later stages of a Communist takeover...)
To: Charles Martel
Did you possibly forget Leyte Gulf?
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posted on
05/10/2024 2:48:12 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
To: Macho MAGA Man
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.
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posted on
05/10/2024 2:54:23 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Macho MAGA Man
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.
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posted on
05/10/2024 3:20:15 AM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: smokingfrog
I know... I saw that.
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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posted on
05/10/2024 3:24:23 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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