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Default Military Ships (was Your Typical Beneteau!)

Richard Casady wrote:
What are you talking about. Iowas have 16/50 guns, for one thing.


You're right, my bad. The North Carolina & earier classes had the 16"
45 caliber ('caliber' in this case referring to the barrel length, not
the diameter). The Iowas have 16" 50 caliber.


On Aug 20, 8:54*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:27:35 -0700 (PDT), "it's me"

wrote:
if you shoot at them, a batteship broadside can make a 1000 yard
diameter crater, as the PLO found out in 1983.


Only with nuclear ammo. It takes megatons to make a hole that big.


Want to bet?

Also, want to guess how many different types of 16" shells have be