To: NFHale
To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
The Japanese had 18.1 inch guns on two of their battleships: the Yamamoto and the Musashi.
Range was about the same as USN, but I'm not sure if their fire control was equal to USN.
3 posted on
11/10/2025 11:33:22 PM PST by
Governor Dinwiddie
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Iowa-class Battleships had some serious firepower.
Still, the Japanese Yamato and Musashi were bigger.
Carriers ruled the waves though…. Mahan’s “battleship supremacy” was doomed by air power, as Billy Mitchell proved.
19 posted on
11/11/2025 3:26:58 AM PST by
NFHale
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