Iowa Class Battleship

[waystin2]

Two thumbs Up!

[LLogann]

WWII era battleships had 9 16' guns.  The WWI era Dreadnots had 12 12'inchers. (Nevada, Arizona, etc)

Didn't it have 14" instead of 8" guns 

[Karnak]

WWII era battleships had 9 16' guns.  The WWI era Dreadnots had 12 12'inchers. (Nevada, Arizona, etc)

There was a lot more variation than that.  Also Nevada and Arizona had 14" guns, not 12" inch.  Dreadnought, built in 1906, had twn 12" guns.

[Strip]

What was the range on the 16" guns found on the Iowa Class?

[druski85]

I seemed to recall them being accurate to around 20 miles, but I found two sources that said max range was 23 and 26, respectively.  Regardless, quite a distance. 

[Rino]

     It's amazing the junk that sticks in your mind for years.  I remembered
reading that USS Alaska BC-1 mounted 12 inch guns during WW2.
Found a neat photo from Norfolk with it tied up alongside an Iowa
class BB.

[druski85]

Yea the battle cruisers were generally less heavily armed and armored, but much faster and more maneuverable than their battle ship brethren.   The Guam was an upgrade of the Alaska BC, which came out a bit later.  Good looking pic...anyone recognize what kind of flat-top is in the lower left there?

[Rino]

Yea the battle cruisers were generally less heavily armed and armored, but much faster and more maneuverable than their battle ship brethren.   The Guam was an upgrade of the Alaska BC, which came out a bit later.  Good looking pic...anyone recognize what kind of flat-top is in the lower left there?

Independence class CVL?  Too big to be a CVE, and the bow's not right for an
Essex.

[LLogann]

The bow doesn't look right for a CVL either. (USS Independence Completed '43)

Independence class CVL?  Too big to be a CVE, and the bow's not right for an
Essex.

It could have been the USS Langley (AV3), but the photo is a year after the Langley was sunk by the Japanese.....


Then again, I'm sure there were other CV to AV conversions during the war.

[druski85]

Yea I think it must be some sort of conversion...doesn't look at first glance like any of the line-produced CV or CVL's.  Those tugs are going to town on it

[AWwrgwy]

USS Croatan (CVE-25)

(there's a big 25 on the flight deck)


wrongway

[Rich46yo]

What was the range on the 16" guns found on the Iowa Class?

Well over 40,000 yards. And the thing is the Iowa class BBs had such superb radar and fire control that she could hit at incredable distances, far farther then any other BB. The Yank AP shells were also the best in the war and were excellent penetrators from long distance.

While the Yamato had larger guns, 18" mains, they really didnt help her much compared to the Yank 16"s. The 18" guns wore their barrels down a lot faster and didnt yield any advantage at the typical long ranges BB vs BB fights started at. Also the Jap shells were far inferior to the Yank ones. The Iowa armor belt was superb. The Iowas were faster, had better AA gunnery, and Yank damage control was without equal.

Add my  It would be fun to have Iowas to gun from. Control their numbers but it would be a fun addition.

[SmokinLoon]

more floating prey for my typhie - I like it

Your tiffy wouldnt get near enough to drop ord, and if it did you'd barely scratch the paint.   

[100goon]

more floating prey for my typhie - I like it

holms you got near that with a typh ill blow your bellybutton outta the air with them 16's

[McLovin1033]

Hey I had that idea a while back so check out my post. I have many pictures and specs of the ships.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,234001.0.html