and that’s how Ronald Reagan finally defeated the then President of Puerto Rico
Fit_Establishment684 on
soon to be deployed in a city pond near you
cassanderer on
I thought they stopped with these big guns, I thought the 12 inches were the big ones anyway, but the Navy went more towards smaller frigates away from the big battleships after World War II I had read.
Those big guns get torn apart by the forces very quickly too you do not get that many shots out of not get that many shots out of the Barrel.
pavehawkfavehawk on
What a cool ship.
apocthecomet on
And I thought releasing my 4in gun during the Battle of the Bowl every morning was a powerful display
nativeyeast on
Imagine being a whale during maritime war. F that
BeefsRoyale on
Oh to have been there
anomalou5 on
Now they have lasers as well
hamfist_ofthenorth on
Which part of the gun is 16 inches? The barrel diameter or radius or something? No idea, please edutate
mostly_kinda_sorta on
Big badda boom
Rareu on
I imagine all the poor deaf sailors. I went deaf because of a broken walkie talkie. Lol.
Reasonable-Nebula-49 on
In modern times are the guided missiles more effective than the large rounds these ships fired?
adieuandy on
On its way to Lake Michigan for target practice
MDRBA on
sigh this pic again🥰 *upvotes*
Subject-Inflation805 on
Isn’t that wisconsin?
R-wiin on
r/shockwaveporn
StarryEstherr on
Crazy to think this ship is now a museum you can walk on. My grandpa served on one of these… he said the whole ship shook with every shot.
DMiles88 on
That so awesome 😎 👏
Coupe368 on
They should put these back in service, those 16 inch guns are far cheaper than launching rockets, but the Iowa class battleships were the first to get Tomahawks, so they got missiles too.
If you want bargain basement destruction, you want the Iowa class.
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and that’s how Ronald Reagan finally defeated the then President of Puerto Rico
soon to be deployed in a city pond near you
I thought they stopped with these big guns, I thought the 12 inches were the big ones anyway, but the Navy went more towards smaller frigates away from the big battleships after World War II I had read.
Those big guns get torn apart by the forces very quickly too you do not get that many shots out of not get that many shots out of the Barrel.
What a cool ship.
And I thought releasing my 4in gun during the Battle of the Bowl every morning was a powerful display
Imagine being a whale during maritime war. F that
Oh to have been there
Now they have lasers as well
Which part of the gun is 16 inches? The barrel diameter or radius or something? No idea, please edutate
Big badda boom
I imagine all the poor deaf sailors. I went deaf because of a broken walkie talkie. Lol.
In modern times are the guided missiles more effective than the large rounds these ships fired?
On its way to Lake Michigan for target practice
sigh this pic again🥰 *upvotes*
Isn’t that wisconsin?
r/shockwaveporn
Crazy to think this ship is now a museum you can walk on. My grandpa served on one of these… he said the whole ship shook with every shot.
That so awesome 😎 👏
They should put these back in service, those 16 inch guns are far cheaper than launching rockets, but the Iowa class battleships were the first to get Tomahawks, so they got missiles too.
If you want bargain basement destruction, you want the Iowa class.