To: Gandalf_The_Gray
Gun positions which were removed and the ports sealed off.
50 posted on
06/12/2012 5:31:42 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BenLurkin
I’d guess they sealed the secondaries forward when the ship changed over to oil from coal - though the top speed didn’t change being oil fired meant the ship could travel twice the distance at the higher speed.
53 posted on
06/12/2012 5:44:18 PM PDT by
skeeter
To: BenLurkin; Fred Hayek
Thanks for the info. I don't know why but it's good to know that people still remember such things. It's comforting to know that not everything is slipping back into savagery.
Regards,
GtG
58 posted on
06/13/2012 10:06:53 AM PDT by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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