Heavy Metal

[polara71]

HMS Duke Of York at speed in the Pacific a few days before the Japanese surrender, 1945
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What is the pillar like image directly behind the ship at the horizon?
( pardon my ignorance)

 

[Snotty]

Soviet 406 mm/L50 battleship cannon on single mount for trials; many humans for scale; Kramatorsk, 1939
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Strangest appearing cannon and gathering of people I have ever seen!!

Wrong picture perhaps?

 

[Snotty]

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is moved below the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge at Fall River, circa 1965
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I've been there!! A great gathering of war ships, including two PT Boats!

 

[67newport]

Battleship New Jersey (BB-62) on the shore of the Delaware River.

 

[67newport]

HMS Hood at sea in 1920

 

[67newport]

IJN Kongo in drydock likely before her reconstruction

 

[67newport]

HMS Hood just prior to launch, Aug 22, 1918

 

[67newport]

A 16"/45" gun intended to arm the Lion class battleship being gauged

 

[67newport]

USS Arizona in in New York in 1916

 

[Moseman]

USS Arizona in in New York in 1916
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Impressive, look at all those steam tugs!

 

[67newport]

10 October 1986, Pacific, South of Aleutian Islands. USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires all 406 mm guns simultaneously amid 18th WestPac cruise. Taken from a helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61).

 

[BigblueC]

She may be stuck in the mud, but she's still beautiful to me! USS North Carolina - BB-55
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I'm biased here, but the USS North Carolina is the most beautiful ship. She's an awesome piece of history and very much worth the visit. Just try to go when the crowds aren't there. I can't tell you how many times I "shot" the building across the river from her guns when I was a kid. To this day I still make a visit every couple of years but now I raid the breweries downtown after I "shoot" them.

 

[Snotty]

USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires all 406 mm guns simultaneously
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Well, great picture, but all are not firing. Look closely, there's a gun on each turret not firing.

 

[BigblueC]

I think if you really look close each turret is firing only one gun. One big glorious gun I want one!

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

The battleship USS Missouri bombards Chongjin, North Korea, with her 16 inch guns during a mission to set out the lines of communication between the Northern and Southern parts of Korea during the Korean War.

 

[67newport]

The Legendary Japanese battleships Yamato (right) and Musashi (left). Probably Nagato (left) and Fuso (right) are in the back. Truk Naval Base, 1943

 

[67newport]

USS St. Paul CA73 (The St. Paul Fired the last Salvo of WWII)

 

[67newport]

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in drydock mid 1920's.

 

[67newport]

The Battlecruiser HMS Hood at speed