At 05:00 PM 4/26/01 -0700, Peter Deutsch wrote:
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>"Willis, Scott L" wrote:
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>> Why Waste time with calculations, It's an American Ship! Swing the 16" guns
>> and blow the Bridge. Bush can call it routine and not apologize for it.
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>Errr, actually carriers don't have 16" guns, the battleships did. There
>*were* smaller caliber turrents on the older (e.g. WWII Essex class)
>carriers for antiaircraft work, and the newer carriers have such things
>as Phalanx for the same reason, but definitely not something as big as
>16". Now, sending off a flight of F-15s with laser guided weapons on the
>other hand...
Actually, while the Essex class carried some smaller guns (5", and then lots
of smaller caliber), the largest guns on US carriers were on Lexington
(CV-2), and Saratoga (CV-3). Since they were originally laid down as battle
cruisers, and later converted to carriers, they still had 8 8" guns.
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Ben
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