The USS Texas was used in WW 1 and WW 2. During the Normandy landings, it’s 14 inch guns were used to suppress the Germans. 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.
” 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.