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The refitted USS Iowa fires shots. Notice the top level of the conning tower.
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USS Nevada fires her forward 14 inch guns at targets on Utah Beach, June 6th 1944.
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USS Salem, CA-139, of the Des Moines-class Heavy Cruisers, sailing in the Mediterranean Sea as Flagship of the 6th Fleet, 1954. US Cruisers didn't get much better than this.
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Pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Kaiser Friedrich III leads the German Home fleet, 1901
Seeing the picture of Barham reminded me of that ship's dramatic end.
Notice the narrator's words that the actual cause of the explosion is not known, Dr. Karl Von den Steinen of CSU Sacramento, and Navy Lt. Commander Res., said a theory is another torpedo penetrated the deck after the ship rolled. After all, there's not much armor below deck.
Sorry about the ad in the video.
Notice the narrator's words that the actual cause of the explosion is not known, Dr. Karl Von den Steinen of CSU Sacramento, and Navy Lt. Commander Res., said a theory is another torpedo penetrated the deck after the ship rolled. After all, there's not much armor below deck.
Sorry about the ad in the video.
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Omaha-class light cruiser USS Milwaukee at Tacoma, Washington, 1923. Note the narrow beam of this class
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Interesting - This ship (CL-5) was loaned to the Russian Navy in 1945 and was renamed Murmansk, until 1949, then returned to the US and scrapped.
USS <i>Milwaukee</i> (CL-5)
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Not so "heavy" after all?
Temperature inversion, aka. a "superior mirage".
source: CBS News
Temperature inversion, aka. a "superior mirage".
"Superior mirages occur because of the weather condition known as a temperature inversion, where cold air lies close to the sea with warmer air above it," Braine said. "Since cold air is denser than warm air, it bends light towards the eyes of someone standing on the ground or on the coast, changing how a distant object appears."
source: CBS News
Had to figure out what this was. Project Azorian. a triple gimbal bearing
Other source: The Glomar Explorer
"To expand on my previous comment, here is a link to Glomar Explorer, which was the ship that actually did the lift. The bearing was part of the gimbal assembly, allowing the ship to pitch & roll on the surface while maintaining a fixed position on the lift. The bearing picture is on page 2-20"
source: These are the most incredible photos of the US Navy in 2017
couple neat shots from this source.
couple neat shots from this source.
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British battleship HMS Anson circa. 1897. Twin 13.5 inch guns are seen in the forward barbette mounting.
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A twin-127mm dual purpose gun mount on board the Japanese battleship Nagato, circa 1935-1944
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2 sailors cleaning HMS Rodney's 16" guns
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A line of pre-Dreadnought style German battleships c. 1900
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View of the two quadruple 330 mm turrets of battleship Strasbourg from the conning tower
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USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) on Sept. 20, 1943. She would give CVEs the nickname "Kaiser Coffins" after exploding. Official USN Photo 80-G-82901.
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Tennessee-class armored cruiser USS Washington port bow view off New York City during the 1912 Naval Review
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Two 30.5 cm/45 triple turrets on a Tegetthoff-class battleship
