To: gandalftb
OK, it can turn. How are the brakes?
3 posted on
07/14/2012 10:05:36 AM PDT by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
To: 43north
OK, it can turn. How are the brakes?
Google "uss wisconsin barn door maneuver".
Carriers have twin rudders as well, but they don't have the aft hull "tunnel" that the Iowas have. So while they can execute the same maneuver, it won't be as effective as what they did on the Wisky.
Which is bringing the ship from 30kts to a dead stop in about 800 feet. (With rudder damage.)
To: 43north
OK, it can turn. How are the brakes? I believe those are to be installed in the French versions.
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