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Aerial image of battleship Yamato discovered
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Posted on 07/03/2006 8:42:25 AM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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Ther's a link to a video (in Japanese) in the sidebar on the right side of the page.
Very intersting news considering the small amount of photos available of Yamato.
To: DTogo
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:43:07 AM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Twenty years in the Navy. Never drunk on duty - never sober on liberty)
To: GATOR NAVY
that is big. How does it compare to our current battleships?
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:44:33 AM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(defender of Flip Flops)
To: GATOR NAVY
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:45:42 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(Merry Christmas!)
To: CJ Wolf
Ours are on top of the water?
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:45:42 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it. - Agatha Christy)
To: CJ Wolf
what current battleships?
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:46:04 AM PDT
by
camle
(Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
To: CJ Wolf
I believe that all our battleships are of WWII vintage.
To: CJ Wolf
The Yamato, and her sister Musashi, were the largest battleships ever made.
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:46:52 AM PDT
by
Gator101
To: GATOR NAVY
Your link is to the wrong article. Is there anywhere that a bigger picture can be obtained?
To: CJ Wolf
We no longer have any active duty battleships and haven't for almost 15 years.
But if you're referring to the Iowa class, the Yamato class weighed in around 70,000 tons and mounted 9, 18-inch gins. The Iowa weighed in around 45,000 tons with 9 16-inch guns.
That said, in a one-on-one dual, I would put my money on the an Iowa except at point blank range.
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:50:27 AM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: CJ Wolf
There are no current battle-ships.
The IOWA class was dsigned and built to have two of them beat the snot out of the BISMARCK. The YAMATO was bigger still, with larger guns.
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:50:35 AM PDT
by
quikdrw
(Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
To: CJ Wolf
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:53:14 AM PDT
by
edzo4
To: COEXERJ145
Well Color me stupid. I had no idea we haven't had any Battleships for a while. I guess the last time I saw one was around 20 years ago.
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:58:02 AM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(defender of Flip Flops)
To: COEXERJ145
If only Halsey had left his fast battleships back to guard San Bernardino Strait in 1944 this "what if" may have been answered...the world wonders.
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:58:59 AM PDT
by
Gator101
To: null and void
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:59:07 AM PDT
by
squirt
(POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
To: GATOR NAVY
The Yamato Museum in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, recently obtained a digital image of this photo, which is stored in the US National Archives in Washington. US military aerial recon photos? :^)
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posted on
07/03/2006 8:59:10 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: COEXERJ145
Try this link..... http://www.combinedfleet.com/baddest.htm
This guy has really analyzed the performance of the various battleships built.
To: GATOR NAVY
Got it. The link is to the home page and the article link is on the sidebar. More coffee.
To: Gator101
What Spartacus has a Piper Cub?
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posted on
07/03/2006 9:01:43 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
To: CJ Wolf; GATOR NAVY
There are no current Battleships. Here are a couple of shots of the USS Iowa being taken through the Carquinez Straights, enroute to joining the Mothball fleet.
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I'd really like to see the Iowa become a Museum Ship.
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posted on
07/03/2006 9:01:57 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(The fact that they can't find Hoffa is proof that he never existed.)
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