jkmedcal%uokmax@uokmax.uucp (Jeff Medcalf) (05/06/89)
From: Jeff Medcalf <jkmedcal%uokmax@uokmax.uucp> I have seen a WWII photo of the Missouri turning inside of a destroyer while both were doing 30 knots. The twin rudder configuration is incredibly good in a turn vs a single rudder, and the screws can be operated with one pair rotating clockwise and one pair counterclockwise. On most 2-screw ships, this cannot be done because both shafts are linked to the same powerplant or gearbox. Not so on the Iowas. -- jkmedcal@uokmax.UUCP | "Open the pod bay doors, Hal." jkmedcal@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave." Jeff Medcalf | -2001
welty@algol.crd.ge.com (richard welty) (05/12/89)
From: welty@algol.crd.ge.com (richard welty) Jeff Medcalf <jkmedcal%uokmax@uokmax.uucp> writes: >I have seen a WWII photo of the Missouri turning inside of a destroyer while >both were doing 30 knots. indeed, it is very common for cocky destroyer commanders, accustomed to outmanuvering the big ships, to assume they can outmanuver the Iowas. at least one destroyer has been seriously damanged when an Iowa-class ship out-turned it and hit the destroyer's superstructure (i can look up information on the incident if anyone wants me to.) richard -- richard welty welty@algol.crd.ge.com 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York ``Every time I see an Alfa Romeo pass by, I raise my hat'' -- Henry Ford