Betsy,
I agree.
Please take the off-topic nonsense off the IETF list.
You are wasting my time.
Gene Gaines
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Sterling, Virginia USA
On Friday, April 27, 2001, 5:10:59 PM, Betsy wrote:
> I'm sure this is a stupid question (and I will probably get flamed for this email),
> but what does this have to do with the IETF?
> Ben Yalow wrote:
>> At 05:00 PM 4/26/01 -0700, Peter Deutsch wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >"Willis, Scott L" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> >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.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > - peterd
>>
>> Ben
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>> Ben Yalow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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