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05-09-16, 09:53 AM | #1 |
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A tour of the off-limit areas of BB USS Iowa
Great video with a very knowledgeable tour guide. I gringed a bit when the uploader of the video had to have port and starboard explained to him. How did he get a special tour you ask? He's buddies with the tour guides son-in-law.
Anybody interested in potential battleship duels might find this site worth checking out as well. http://www.combinedfleet.com/baddest.htm Very interesting to see that even the South Dakota class BB's had a fighting chance against the Yamato class due to the vastly superior fire control system of the USA compared to Japan. Provided she kept a respectable distance of course. |
05-09-16, 10:19 AM | #2 |
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Wow! as u probably know the Iowa ia particular interest of mine but the footage of the command center and Harpoon firing console-the "blue light special"; a very revealing tour. As old as it is it still looks pretty good! Love the analog(not digital) firing controls! Many thanks for the link.
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05-09-16, 10:25 AM | #3 |
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Off tour exploration of the ship was one of the perks when I volunteered on the Yorktown (CV-10). Cant count the number of times I would go in circles passing a familiar point not knowing how I got there.
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05-09-16, 10:28 AM | #4 |
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Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
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Your welcome. Magnificent looking ships that's for sure. I should clarify about my second link that has the South Dakota class BB's coming out pretty favorably compared to the Yamato's. This is of course a comparison with the guy doing the analyzing having access to post war information that of course wouldn't been available to everybody during the war. I don't know how well the USA had figured out the Japanese fire control system used on the Yamato. Last edited by mako88sb; 05-09-16 at 12:23 PM. |
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05-09-16, 11:14 AM | #6 |
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Awesome video and tour of the Iowa. Really interesting material here. I liked the second link showing the comparison between the various Battleships.
Thanks for posting the links and material. |
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That site, btw, is just one small part of the main website set-up about the Japanese navy during WW2. I believe by one of the co-authors of "Shattered Sword". Here's the main site and I know I spent quite a number of hours on it when I first stumbled across it. Tons of very interesting material that's for sure: http://www.combinedfleet.com/ |
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05-09-16, 01:23 PM | #10 |
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05-09-16, 01:38 PM | #11 |
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Thanks for the extremely interesting share mako
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