Hey, now that is interesting... It looks like they took a bunch of tank turrets & stuck them to a motorboat...
Ooops, sorry, it is a diagram of the soviet gunboat BKA-1125 taken from http://mkmagazin.almanacwhf.ru/ships/bka_1125.htm
Not shure about registration. It is monitor Lenin ( Štrom - current) falgship of the Amur flotila. Never read the entire article ( my cirlyc is a bit rusted).
Well it's a river monitor from WW 1 and russias civil war. I never saw river monitor that looked good ( wern't creepy).
They look a bit topheavy. And monitors were never known as things of beauty, although some of the British vessels used in the World Wars were the best looking of their type.
I always liked the style of the Pennsylvania class ships with the tri-pod masts.I've always loved battleships.I don't think I could pick a favorite. The KGV class would definately be a good choice.
The KGV class ships weren't the best seaboats, however; they tended to plow right through waves instead of riding them.
The newer American BB (Iwoa)and the German BB and BC are my fav and the two American BC built late in the war ...Guam and ?
Yes, but keep in mind that this is all relative. Being wet forward does not necessarily mean it interferred with gun operation, for example. Also keep in mind that ships operated in different seas, and the wave action varies.