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I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 02:07
by Holocaust
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 02:53
by agony bagony
did you push any buttons
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 05:01
by Lavabug
fucking metal
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 07:02
by scunt.
dem 40 inch guns
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 08:57
by Abzu
Holly, that's neat

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 15:24
by agony bagony
[quote name="reststop rapefest"]dem 40 inch guns[/quote]
those are way longer than 40 inches
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 15:51
by Paste Human
Is the deck of that ship made of wood?
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 16:56
by Holocaust
The last Destroyer to use wooden decks
They are 406mm and 127mm guns. The 16" guns have a maximum range of about 20 miles and its rounds weigh over a ton each. The 5" guns have about half that range. There are also launchers for Tomahawks and Harpoon missiles fitted onto the port and starboard sides of the deck.
I'd hate to see the poor soul who caught one of those rounds in his lap

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 17:13
by agony bagony
i don't think you'd be able to see him

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 18:28
by Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs
[quote name="springer mountain box social"]did you push any buttons[/quote]

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 22:20
by agony bagony
he didn't do it

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 24 May 2014, 22:27
by Abzu
He had the perfect opportunity to attack the south!
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 25 May 2014, 09:50
by Lavabug
[quote name="springer mountain box social"]
[quote name="reststop rapefest"]dem 40 inch guns[/quote]
those are way longer than 40 inches[/quote]
He probably meant the barrel diameter.
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 25 May 2014, 13:24
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Was this on the richmond trip?
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 25 May 2014, 13:35
by Holocaust
Richmond then Norfolk. This was at Nauticus, the Maritime Naval something or other Museum in Norfolk.
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 25 May 2014, 13:38
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Virginia is actually kind of an interesting place outside of the northern va/dc metro area.
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 25 May 2014, 13:58
by Holocaust
The roads are absolute garbage. I need new shocks and struts now

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 25 May 2014, 20:13
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
Welcome to life in the mid atlantic states where 95 has been under constant construction since dinosaurs roamed the earth
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 26 May 2014, 08:50
by scunt.
[quote name="springer mountain box social"]
[quote name="reststop rapefest"]dem 40 inch guns[/quote]
those are way longer than 40 inches[/quote]
got my designations mixed up. those are actually 16 inch guns/45 caliber

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 26 May 2014, 08:51
by scunt.
not .45, but actually 45
Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 26 May 2014, 10:53
by Holocaust
The rounds for the 16" guns weigh a ton each

Re: I went aboard the USS Wisconsin
Posted: 26 May 2014, 17:52
by agony bagony
at that weight they don't even need to blow up