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"Marty" wrote in message ... Charles Momsen wrote: wrote in message ... "Charles Momsen" wrote: ....... The Knox class was the first class designed to withstand the blast of nuclear depth charges. I dunno if I'd take that statement too seriously. As a strategic countermeasure to the Soviet Navy's overwhelming number of subs at the time, they were designed to deliver nuclear depth charges with a possibility of surviving. The InSurv board had quite a lot to say on the matter. During sea trials they were shock tested with 4,000 lbs (4 kT) of explosive: http://www.ussknox.org/knox_statistics.htm The ASROC had a 10,000 lb (10 kT) yield: 'scuse me,,, 10,000 lb is 5 T, 10 kT is 20,000,000 lbs, small difference. That certainly was a good blunder, eh? Missed it by that much... |
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