To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Ak! "Tin cans" are destroyers. A modern U.S. destroyer is about 8,000 tons displacement. The Iowa class battleships, the last we ever built, displaced about 57,540 tons. The turrets on the Iowas weigh more than destroyers.
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07/16/2002 8:37:32 AM PDT by
Gumlegs
To: Gumlegs
I always thought that the battleships were referred to as "Tin Cans".
But you're right. I just looked it up. My bad.
To: Gumlegs
BTW, we were onboard the Destroyer, Joseph P. Kennedy as well. Also an impressive vessel.
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