Any old timer Navy guys know what this is?

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67Dart273 said:
A rather lengthy read on "why they don't move" the ship when fired

Do Battleships move sideways when they fire? - NavWeaps

Who knows. That much energy had to cause a lot of mechanical stress on the mechanism(s)
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I remember reading a different article that said basically the same thing. Also, if you look at that picture I posted of the full broadside shot, there is not one ripple on the "back" side of the ship. Not one. So I think that confirms it doesn't move. Looking at the gun side, it certainly appears like it, but I think that's just the percussion from the muzzle blasts. Those guns shoot a 2700 pound shell at 2500 FPS. Read that again. And again. LMAO PLUS they can hit their target from 25 miles away. That's like throwing an A body 25 miles and hittin what you're aimin at.......and they did it with NINETEEN FORTYS technology. Simply amazing I say.

PLUS ......LOL.......they could fire TWO rounds per minute. Simply incredible for a 2700 pound shell.
 
Whether it moved the ship or not....I don't know. It was the old dudes ship....he served on it, it was his story, and he was much of a man at maybe 6'4"...even if he was 80ish. I wondered, but wasn't about to question it and get my *** whipped 5000 miles from home!


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JDMopar said:
Whether it moved the ship or not....I don't know. It was the old dudes ship....he served on it, it was his story, and he was much of a man at maybe 6'4"...even if he was 80ish. I wondered, but wasn't about to question it and get my *** whipped 5000 miles from home!


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Damn right! It's one of them things you just don't know unless you were there!
 
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