Heavy Metal

[67newport]

German "pocket" battleship Lützow, in the Kaiserfahrt canal, April 25, 1945

 

[67newport]

February, 14, 1919, Battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire dock at Hoboken, N.J. Battleships Louisiana (in foreground) and New Hampshire in their slip at Pier 4, upon arrival from overseas with 59th Regiment, Coast Artillery; troops preparing to debark.

 

[67newport]

German battleship Gneisenau at Kiel Dock, 1943, after being torpedoed by a British Submarine.

 

[Snotty]

German "pocket" battleship Lützow, in the Kaiserfahrt canal, April 25, 1945
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Ship was launched as "Deutschland." Fearing the negative press if "The Germany" would be sunk, Hitler had it renamed Lutzow.

 

[67newport]

USS Enterprise (CV-6) at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 24 September 1945,

 

[67newport]

USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) underway at sea, circa in 1961

 

[67newport]

Aerial view of battleship USS North Carolina, April 1942

 

[67newport]

Battleship HMS King George V with her 14" main battery trained to port, c. 1940-41

 

[67newport]

apanese battleship Yamato maneuvering to evade aerial bombs, battle of Sibuyan Sea 24th October 1944

 

[67newport]

Tirpitz, May 1941, Gotenhafen

 

[67newport]

Aft turrets of the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) early in her career, likely 1916-1920

 

[67newport]

HMS Illustrious, first of the British 'Armoured Carriers', c. 1940

 

[67newport]

Virginia-class battleship USS Georgia, commissioned in 1906 shows the simple layout of the open bridge

 

[67newport]

USS Oklahoma (BB-37), undergoing the parbuckle (righting) process, eight months after being capsized during the Pearl Harbor attack

 

[67newport]

Japanese ocean liner Tatsuta Maru seen through the periscope of submarine USS Kingfish while serving as a repatriation ship, 14 October 1942

 

[amazinblue82]

FOund it on the internet .. must be true.

Seriously, I have heard this size ratio discussed but never confirmed it on my own. In case not evident, the size of the Titanic (launched 1912) vs. one of the big honkin' Royal Caribbean cruise ships of the modern era

source:

 

[Snotty]

Virginia-class battleship USS Georgia, commissioned in 1906 shows the simple layout of the open bridge
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Yeah, I want to be there when the shells are flying! NOT!!

 

[Snotty]

FOund it on the internet .. must be true.

Seriously, I have heard this size ratio discussed but never confirmed it on my own. In case not evident, the size of the Titanic (launched 1912) vs. one of the big honkin' Royal Caribbean cruise ships of the modern era

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source:

The Titanic of parked next to the Queen Mary would also appear much smaller, although not this extreme. Titanic was not a large ship when compared to those that came less than a decade later.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

USS Enterprise CVN 65 was largest carrier ever built (US/ only ones that matter), and it's 1122', compared to Titantic at 886'.

Yeah, I want to be there when the shells are flying! NOT!!

Waves and weather either. Engine room would look pretty good from there on a winter's day in the north Atlantic

 

[Slap Stick]

The Enterprise was the longest but in terms of displacement it ranks #12.