Tirpitz suffered at least two direct hits. A dud may have struck forward. Then a bomb landed amidships and exploded. Another landed abreast D...
I wish she had survived long enough to form a division with Vanguard.
Big thumb's-up!
You cannot hope to hit a pinpoint target, but you can create a large volume of fire to increase your odds or to intimidate. SoDak scored only two...
I probably shouldn't address this from memory, but one reason why the groups got separated was a dispute about where the target would be. Waldron...
The TBDs were not intentionally sacrificed, nor were the TBFs that flew from Midway. The USN just wasn't very good at coordinating their strikes....
Ah! The second photo is the one that I was referring to, though I have a different caption. Note the significant passage of time between that...
At that minimal distance, time of flight would be just a few seconds. I don't see any smoke. Maybe it is a Japanese ship, but I can't help being...
I double-checked the photo referred to in my notes, and it isn't the one posted above. Rather it shows White Plains under fire. However, I remain...
I can't say what the effect on speed would be. Added length is usually associated with increased speed. But the length was added to provide more...
How close did Chikuma get? That ship is awfully close.
The switch to 38cm guns involved a lot of changes in the ships, even necessitating a 10m increase in their length. I doubt the guns would have...
I wonder, if the Germans hadn't thought to rearm Gneisenau with 38cm guns, was it possible to repair her 28cm mount? In other words, did they have...
"Trunnion tilt" is the term referring to what happened when a ship fires ahead or astern. The ship's side-to-side roll causes a see-saw effect on...
As new, Bismarck probably had a couple knots more than PoW, but after PoW damaged her with two underwater hits, the realities changed. The armor...
Unfortunately, I have nothing in my notes on SBR except for the possibility that a distant ship in a popular battle photo may be her rather than a...
Lord is a fantastic writer. Now, though, Shattered Sword is required reading.
I'll try to see if I have that in my notes.
No one wanted Ranger getting anywhere near a serious threat, which is why she did all her fighting in the Atlantic.
I believe I mentioned this elsewhere recently, but recent research indicates that Johnston was not hit by a Kongo, but by Yamato herself. Three...
