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I had the pleasure of touring one of the Iowa class battleships (I think it was the Missouri, but I can't remember for sure which one it was) when she made a visit to Subic Bay in '89. I was amazed to learn they were still using the same analog fire control computer for the main guns that the ship was built with in 1944. Accurate enough to drop a 2,000 lb. projectile in a swimming pool at a distance of 20 miles.To think, of all the modernizing that it took.
It could have been the New Jersey. I don't think the Missouri ever came out of Mothball.I had the pleasure of touring one of the Iowa class battleships (I think it was the Missouri, but I can't remember for sure which one it was) when she made a visit to Subic Bay in '89. I was amazed to learn they were still using the same analog fire control computer for the main guns that the ship was built with in 1944. Accurate enough to drop a 2,000 lb. projectile in a swimming pool at a distance of 20 miles.
Actually, that's backwards, N.J. was the least used, and remained in Mothballs after Nam! Big Mo and Iowa were the last two ever deployed and we're the most modernized for Desert Storm! I got to see Big Mo fire her guns, what a sight I tell ya! Supposedly Iowa was further up the coast, sober didn't see her firing her guns, but we saw the results later on!It could have been the New Jersey. I don't think the Missouri ever came out of Mothball.
As for the analog fire control system, my ship was commissioned in '44 or 45 and it still had one.
Jack
According to Wikipedia, "All four were reactivated and modernized at the direction of the United States Congress in 1981, and armed with missiles during the 1980s, as part of the 600-ship Navy initiative."It could have been the New Jersey. I don't think the Missouri ever came out of Mothball.
I think you are thinking of the Wisconsin, not the Iowa. Again, according to Wikipedia:Big Mo and Iowa were the last two ever deployed and we're the most modernized for Desert Storm! I got to see Big Mo fire her guns, what a sight I tell ya! Supposedly Iowa was further up the coast, sober didn't see her firing her guns, but we saw the results later on!
I stand corrected.Actually, that's backwards, N.J. was the least used, and remained in Mothballs after Nam! Big Mo and Iowa were the last two ever deployed and we're the most modernized for Desert Storm! I got to see Big Mo fire her guns, what a sight I tell ya! Supposedly Iowa was further up the coast, sober didn't see her firing her guns, but we saw the results later on!
Could very well be, I know all four were ready to go, and I knew about Iowa, but miss-remembered when the gun blew up, thought it was afterwards!I think you are thinking of the Wisconsin, not the Iowa. Again, according to Wikipedia:
"During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Missouri and Wisconsin fired missiles and 16-inch (406 mm) guns at Iraqi targets."
The Iowa was decommissioned in 1990 after an explosion in the #2 turret.
I see BB-63 in a couple spots. See turret top at 1:49. Wisconsin was BB-64.I like that the youtube thing is supposed to be about the Missouri, but the ship showing is the Wisconsin!!
Yeah, I see that now. Didn't notice that hull number at first. It only appears at the beginning of the video for a couple of seconds. The rest of the vid appears to be BB-63 tho.I'm refering to the view that Ura-Ki posted, I've not watched the video yet.
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