USS DENVER LPD-9 RIMPAC 1990 and USS MISSOURI BB-63
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2015
- USS DENVER during RIMPAC 1990 being passed close to starboard by the USS MISSOURI BB-63. This occurred while we were steaming near the big island of Hawaii. Seeing a Battleship this close is awe inspiring.
That is probably some of the best color footage of an Iowa class underway I've ever seen!!👍👍👍👍
This ship was built without computer digrams, just pencil and paper. I'll bet those other ships sailors felt a bit jealous as Mighty Mo slid on by.
Beautiful footage to who ever filmed this.
Those guys on Missouri were the last of the " Battleship sailors."
Back then when the navy was at its height, these ships were well built.
She is a beauty.
@@DrummerDelight A recent book stated that the Iowas were the most expensive "platforms" of World War II, some $110 million each.
Same book, the author wrote the Iowa power plants are the most powerful non-nuclear engines ever installed on Navy ships.
Few things match the unparalleled grace and beauty of an Iowa class underway.... The most beautiful and majestic battleship ever designed. So regal, classy, elegant, and deadly. I wish I could've served on one.
There’s nothing like watching those battle wagons underway 😍
The New Jersey was always my favorite Iowa (Thanks, Mack Maloney) but seeing Big Mo on the go is…epic.
That's the view we had of her sister, the Wisconsin, about a year later coming home from Desert Storm with us. I was aboard the USS Saratoga.
I consider myself extremely fortunate to have seen an Iowa riding stately and sedately coming home from war under her own power in a sea that tossed the frigates around it around like they were bowing to us.
Take care of the Iowas.
You have no idea how large one of these is until you see it close up. Certainly an incredible feat of engineering for the time...
I served on a warship that's almost as long as an Iowa class BB and from the waterline to flight deck was much higher and yes they are truly HUGE! (USS Essex LHD-2).
They would be impossible to built at this time witout first establishing plants able to produce the armor, the risfles, the shells and propellant, sp actually they are still amazing feats of engineering!
Missouri and her sisters are probably the best military ships ever built, even after 70 years they were projected, drawns and built.
Hey sailors , you mind it I speed on by? That brought tears to my.eyes. This ships keel was laid in 1941, she was launched in 1944. This was filmed in the 1980'S yet there She was plowing through the.waves, the Mighty Mo.!!!, Big and proud.
That is pretty scary when those 16 inch cannons are pointing your direction 😳 but wow! The Mighty Mo is so beautiful!
Amazing how low it sits in the water and how fast it passed by.
..."Signal Engine Room to make Flank Speed"...
Then you gotta see New Jersey in speed trials
BB-64 aka USS Wisconsin is still one of America's most advanced ships and fastest ships in the navy that's why the navy still compares today's ships with the old WW2 ships because nothing has surpassed the Iowa class yet in raw firepower and armor. Even today they debate on bring back the Iowa class and rebuilding new battleship classes with 16in 50cal naval guns because they have released that they have no ships able to shell land and that missiles my run out if war breaks out making it vary hard to make more unlike a unguided shell from a battleship like Iowa they can make them cheap and fast.
@@kuninagako9035 I'm sorry, but they do not. The Navy didn't want them in the 80's, and they don't want them now. Reagan and the SecNav at the time wanted them, and only really to put the Soviets out of business. Almost none of the logistics needed to maintain these ships still exists. They can't build guns that big anymore. There are no rolling mills capable of producing the armor and there are probably precious few left that would even know how to get them underway. Running those ships is more of an art than a skill. They can't even reline the existing 16" guns. That facility was scrapped years ago. These ships are just impossible now.
Some of the best footage of the Missouri I’ve seen. Imagine being an enemy with those guns pointed at you.
It could have gone wierd when their shells hits your head
Met one of the Crew after he retired and we traded sea stories and laughed
One of finest polite humble Sailors Ever ...wishing him calm winds RIP BROTHER..Ol man way down in TX jd
Great post thanks SALUTE to all Veterans of all Eras ! PS he did say while in he was all Navy served in WWII KOREA AND VEIT NAM There's a Sailor for ya !
@@JustConfused3520 Missouri in passing had 16s and 5s pointed at the USS Denver. I wondered if that was polite? (grin)
I was on the bridge of the Missouri when this happened. We were the opposition force, and had just ambushed the entire amphibious group. We were at 30 knots, overtook the amphibs, and raced right through their formation training the guns back and forth, "sinking" every one of them in less than an hour. Great day to be a battleship sailor!
+Wesley Worley Yes we knew we were bait for the exercise. As we used to say in the gator fleet, when the gators start shooting the Navy is in real trouble. Glad you enjoyed it. Happy holidays.
Wesley Worley Lucky you!! Must've been a real honor to serve aboard such a badass piece of American might!!
Wesley Worley I was part of Marine Det. I remember this, I answered some video about new navy ship starts with a Z, ppl trying say a BB have no chance. Haha my ass
Can you tell about big guns?
Joe Hayward You damn straight!! It was a sad day when they were taken out of service. The Zumwalts were supposed to be the next BB but nope. Leave it to the US Navy to develop some badass rail gun technology then dump it once they figure out the projectiles are too costly. Didn’t they know that while it was in development?? Then come to find out guess what rival country has developed their own rail gun system and has it deployed?? That would be China.
While battleships may be obsolete, nothing beats the look of one plowing through the seas, slung low in the water, and armed to the teeth! The ultimate threat.
What about Heavy Cruisers?
@@alistairdiren5790 Des Moines class all the way! Auto-loading 8" guns capable of firing 12 rounds a minute per barrel.
@@glennmclintock9066 Petyr Veliky is an amazing, beautiful ship as well. Armed to the teeth and easy on the eyes.
@@alistairdiren5790 Battleships were built not only for inflicting major damage they are also a display of a nation's power, prestige and the wealth it takes to produce them. NOTHING impresses more than a battleship, nothing. A nuclear carrier is impressive as well but it's basically a floating hornet's nest. It might be somewhat equal to the battleship. But a line of battleships will make you gasp.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and she is definitely a beautiful lady!
Two words, bad ass. One could only imagine what a fight would look like on the high seas between an Iowa and enemy ships.
1:38 “She's staring at you... Menacingly”
Bring ‘em back!
As a kid I owned a model of the USS Iowa. Always loved the look of those battleships. Beautiful and armed to the teeth.
I remember this like it was yesterday. I was so impressed with the speed of the Moe as she came along side sat there for a bit then took off like we were sitting still.
The mighty Moe was awesome, I was lucky to go on her is Sydney Australia and then at Pearl during this 1990 RIMPAC. I was on HMAS Darwin and we ran aground off Makahoa Point spent 6 weeks in drydock at Pearl. I did 4 RIMPACS every one was fantastic. Paid respect to Arizona every visit.
When I was a kid growing up on the east side of Seattle the Missouri was mothballed at Bremerton Naval Ship Yard. Tours were given and I remember walking her decks. Even as a kid I was in awe of her. Glad she wasn't scrapped and stands ready in Hawaii.
I went aboard her just before she was reactivated. Then in 1990 I got orders to her... But orders changed when she deployed for Desert Storm...😢
I was in 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. I don't recall if I was on the USS Denver or another amphib, but I clearly remember seeing the USS Missouri and the steam from the lava reaching the sea off the Big Island. This was a long deployment. We flew in a C-5A from Hickam AFB to Reno. Drove in a convoy of buses and trucks from Reno to the Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport, CA. Spent a month is the Sierras conducting mountain and winter combat training. After about 30 days in the mountains, we convoyed to MCB 29 Palms, CA, and conducted a combined arms exercise after a few weeks of mostly live-fire training in the desert. Then we drove in another convoy to US Navy Base San Diego and embarked on amphibs. Steamed to the Hawaiian Islands as part of RIMPAC. Then we conducted an amphibious exercise on Oahu. We were always on the move in 2/3. I enjoyed my tour with that unit immensely. A few months after RIMPAC, we flew on contract commercial airliners to Okinawa. When we landed, Iraq had already seized Kuwaiit. We ended up in the sand box a few months later and did our part in Desert Storm. From a beach south of Khafji I saw USS Missouri and probably USS Wisconsin lobbing 16-inch gun salvos at the Iraqis. Quite a sight.
Thanks for your memories. You weren't too far from us in Desert Storm. We landed the 5th MEB at Ras Al Mishab which was just south of Khafgi. When the war ended we stayed at Mishab and fed units retrograding out of Kuwait. We were there for a month and almost ran out of food.
@@JamesThomas-ut1hw Semper Fi. I was in 2/5 in the early 80s. I loved 5th Marines.
Beautiful ship. Brings back memories of being at sea in USN.
Yes it does, I was on the Ingersoll DD 990 when the Mo's sister ship BB-62 joined our group early - mid 80's.
Was onboard the USS Whipple (FF-1062). We passed by rendering honors to the USS New Jersey (BB-63) on our way out to sea. We were both passing with barely 3-4 yards between us near the mouth of Pearl Harbor back in the early 1980's. STG2 Douglas (ruggie) Reed. What an incredible experience. Go Navy!!
i was on the mo, from 1990 to 1992.
Thank You... Awesome Ships... A damn shame they are not still in Service...
Amazing.
Just an amazing looking ship. The Iowa class hands down are bad ass!
Helps realize how big and fast those monsters are. Their retirement is regrettable.
They are World War 2 era ships. They had to be retired.
@@joedimaggio3687 Joe, You know They had sailing less time than the rest of the fleet when Regan reactivated Them. Don't underestimate these monsters.
@Ja mes Appling I know that. Since they were mothballed during most of their time in the navy inventory, they had low mileage. However, the technology was still antiquated. There were severe problems with the boilers. The living quarters were outdated. The main 16" guns required alot of manpower. The Iowas had no surface to air missle defenses.
@@joedimaggio3687 not to mention the operating cost of 1m a day
@@MabiVonluke exactly, let these ships be museum ships.
Beautiful ship. I can only imagine what it must have been like to sail in one of the fast carrier task forces in WW2. What a sight it must have been!
My dad’s last World War 2 ship
In a Drachinfel video interview (it's on RUclips) with former BB61 Capt. Larry Seaquist, the skipper said after yard work at Norfolk in spring 1986, Iowa ran 36-37 knots.
Where I get groceries here in Cedar Rapids, I know a part-timer there who had been a 28-year Navy man and had spent 6-7 years aboard Iowa in the 1980s in the engine rooms. I asked him, without first repeating what Seaquist had said, what speed Iowa could do after shopping. Without hesitating, he said 36 knots.
Somewhere in print (Proceedings maybe, or SeaPower) I read one of the Iowas hit 35.8 knots.
Just freaking wow.
That was USS New Jersey during her shakedown runs after being recommissioned for the Vietnam War. As built, the Iowa-class has a flank speed of 33 knots. The fastest battleships in the world. However, I haven't heard of any of the other Iowa's breaking New Jersey's speed record. She still holds the record for the fastest speed of any battleship in history. That record will never be broken.
That’s an incredible site . What a memory for the Sailors serving on that ship .
Man those LPD's deck rises never got old. USS SHREVEPORT LPD-12 crewmember 2003-2005.
I would have loved to see one of the Iowas underway while I was in the Navy ('88-'95). Toured the New Jersey a few years ago. A very impressive ship. Sad they are not still plowing the seas.
This is the absolute peak of Battleship engineering.... high speed, good armor, powerful long range guns topped with the best sensors and technology of the 1940’s / 1980’s.... Yamato might’ve been bigger.... but Mighty Mo and the Iowa class battleships had the best of both eastern and western technology and adaptabilities.... just my opinion at least.
Imagine if the Yamato or Musahi were never sunken, the same might have been done
@@louissuguitan4858 Or if the Montana class had actually been built.
@@asterixdogmatix1073 Yep. The Montana class was even more powerful. Hell, battleships are STILL relevant and can do some serious damage in a fight.
High speed and good guns, yes, but good armor? Missouri's belt mainly ranged from 6.4-10.9-inches thick, literal battlecruiser ranges of poor protection, with the thickest parts being 12.1-inches, which was still thin for the time.
It is my opinion that Yamato was, at the time they were both afloat, superior to Missouri in all conditions except heavy fog. The short answer is that Missouri could not outrange Yamato, as shell dispersion is something no fire control can solve, and Yamato's more accurate guns and immunity zone to Missouri's shells would give the advantage in a fight.
@@metaknight115 The Iowas main guns had a higher muzzel velocity, thus hit harder than the Yamato.
From a former Navy Boiler Tech. Be glad they weren't burning the old bunker 6 instead of DFM, now that's the true definition of rolling coal when going to a flank bell... LOL
I was on the U.S.S. Ogden (LPD-5) in '76-'77... this is pretty nice for sure. Daughter is on the Stennis.
I took a tour on her this past Saturday. Awesome to see her underway!
Wow, I was on that RIMPAC mission. It seemed like yesterday smelling the sea of the coast of Hawaii, smelling the gun powder from the 16-inch bombshells, always feeling on edge!
Spent four wonderful years (85-89) on the MISSOURI.. SMC(SW/AW) sends....
I was there that day.. I was the Embarkation Chief for BSSG-5 embarked aboard the Denver. It was a sight to see!
What an intimidating sight that had to be... Go Navy!!!
I was onboard this magnificent Battleship during this exercise. We had just completed a run around Diamond Head as part of a mock assault group attacking the amphibious assault (which the Denver was part of) and we came in at Flank speed (about 32knots) with the signal lights flashing "G G G" for Guns Guns Guns...meaning that we were firing our 16 inch guns as well as the 5 inch guns. She road very low in the water and was as smooth a ride as you could imagine for something that large.
I heard that our Captain directed that a bore clear report be sent to the Missouri on the bridge to bridge radio. :)
@@JamesThomas-ut1hw Our GMs were blowing compressed air (making it look like smoke) through the guns to show the "blast" for effect. It was a good time. I was up on the O-11 Battlebridge during the flanking assault. We even got spray all the way up there.
Just beautiful...she was so powerfull. 240 000 bhp. 35 knots. man that´s a lot of power! Brings tears to my eyes...
Not quite 240,000 hp, they are rated at 212,000 SHP.
Next to the Yamato class, the greatest battleships ever! Glad all 4 are preserved. I visited all 4 while they were in full service in the 90s....and saw at least one as a child in the 50s.
There have been plenty of computer simulations of engagements between Yamato and Iowa class battleships, and the Iowas always win. The Iowas were significantly faster, had better fire control (allowing accurate fire beyond what the Yamato could achieve), and postwar testing proved the 16"/50 had better penetration against Japanese armor than the 18.1" guns had against American armor. The Iowas would have been able to control the range, staying at their maximum effective range and out of the accurate range of the 18.1" guns, and tear them apart.
Mighty Mo, anyone care to race? Come on, I was launched in 1944, this is 1990. Try to beat me!!!
@@wesleyworley8982 Excellent.
@@wesleyworley8982 Merica.
@@wesleyworley8982 the victor always writes the history, and adds propaganda. we will never know. but a salvo from Yamato and any ship will be wrecked.
This is just beautiful. The way the ship cuts through the water under her own power and passes by the cammer. Goddamn shame none of the battleships are still in commission. Seeing an Iowa steaming through the water in high quality resolution would be icing on the cake! I visited the New Jersey back in June 2021, the best experience of a ship I ever had. Soon, I'm planning on visiting Pearl Harbor and see Mighty Mo. I'm very happy that 8 of these great battleships remain to give us a tour down their rich history.
Incredible ships!! Absolutely stunning and powerful! I’ll be honest and say I’m more partial to the Bismarck as far as looks but man are these battleships something else!
So cool, beautiful and awe inspiring ships! Nothing compares! Oh man, how I would wish they were still active!
She's gorgeous 😍
Lucky men too have served on her . 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Very good footage of "Mighty Mo". I was an embarked Marine on the Denver after my unit cross-decked from the Tripoli, while Tripoli conducted mine-sweeping ops in the northern Gulf. I was on line for morning chow waiting to cross-deck back to the Tripoli, when the Denver C.O. announced that the Tripoli and Princeton had both struck mines and were dead in the water. In regards to another one of your videos, I wound up going ashore by LCU at Al-Mishab shortly after India Company conducted the heli-borne assault onto the Ice Cube Tray in Kuwait. This is a scene that I witnessed and must have been standing very close to you as you shot the video. Thanks very much for posting! Bob
Robert Oles Glad that it brought back memories for you.
As a marine on the uss junuo lpd10 the missouri took us out the first night during the ex. Had to wait 5 days to go to port
I remember listening to the reports on the radio of the ships when they hit the mines.
A moment of sobriety. One of the EWs that I went to A school with was on the Princeton when she struck the mine.
I was on the Missouri at the time.
Coincidently, after I got out of the Navy, I joined the Marne Corps. After 9/11, I joined the Army. I retired in 2014.
Radioman here...1980 to 1984...
1:36
Ain't that just intimidating!
Something about those battleships always makes em seem huge. Even though they're dwarfed by modern carriers
I was on one of the boats playing "Red Team" for RIMPAC 86. We had a "box" of ocean that we had to control in the exercise and in the last few hours of this clusterfuck Missouri came blasting in in the corner of our operational box, going so fast that the rooster tail behind her actually was taller than the main deck of her fantail.
It was all horseshit. The CO of the Missouri was fully aware that we were in that "Box" and was gunning for him. By the rules he had to traverse our box to complete the goals for success, so he made sure to cut a wedge that just clipped the edge of our watch pattern.
He cut the box at the very edge, doing more speed than any Iowa-Class Battleship has ever been credited with doing. From our periscope view, the rooster-tail behind the ship topped the roof of the rear turret. At more than 34 knots in an opening solution she easily outran any torpedo-firing solutions we had.
I'm sure that there was multiple handshakes ( this is before the era of the fist-bump) and oh-rahh's in the "Officers Country" aboard Missouri.
What it proved to me was that all of these "exercises" were horseshit..................
Lovely footage. I am envious of both the sailors on the Denver that the Missouri was filmed from and those actually aboard the battleship. They were the pinnacle of naval destruction and firepower and also existed as floating examples of a nation's power, prestige and ability to produce such cutting edge tech. Makes you wonder what we might see today if we still built pure battleships. Not cruisers or destroyers, but BATTLESHIPS. Watching that ship sail up and pass the Denver almost makes you want to cry for the pride in your nation. At least for the era. Battleships; last of a kind. Battleship Sailors; last of a breed. Thank you for posting this.
I was on the USS Juneau LPD-10. I was on the Pre-Commission Detail. Commissioned 12 July 1969. Served on it for 3 years. Home port Long Beach, CA. Spent 14 month in Viet Nam on her. I was a Radarman. Awesome ship.
This must have been so amazing to witness
🔴🦅🇺🇸❤️ Haze Gray and under Way ‼️ God bless these Sailors that serve and die for the American people ‼️ I served on the USS Denver , in 1976 77. Ad. , under Admiral zumwalt, commanding officer of the 7th fleet , the Denver was so clean you could eat off the deck 😃😃😃🌊🌊🚢🌊🌊 but it wasn't as bad as riding an LST with a flat bottom ♦️♦️♦️
Was there stationed in Hawaii 👊🏻💪🏻
i was onboard USS Denver during this RIMPAC…Deck Department, 1st Division, if i’m not mistaken, Mr Thomas, you Sir, was my DIVO….Thank You Sir for the memories.
1:30 not a sight any enemy wants to see, guns pointing at you 😂
I thought exactly the same thing. Even the concussive force as the shell passed close over your head would be bad.
@@johnslaughter5475 Don't care how modern new ships are, those guns would rip through a modern ship like a hot knife through butter.
I'd feel better about my chances sailing with such a majestic ship today in 2023.
Этот оператор, самый счастливый человек в мире! Он видит и снимает на камеру легенду ВМС не США а Мира! Супердредноут всех времен и народов! Спасибо!!
I remember this well. I was the Combat Cargo Assistant on board the Denver at that time.
Glad you remembered it as well. it was an awesome site.
Hauling ass... what a sight to behold! I have no idea how many knots she's doing but this video is the best speed I've ever watched one do. 2:44 who is that guy? He's the king of the world!
Looks like a signalman talking to one of our signalman.
What a sight ! TY.
I was stationed on the Missouri from 1987-1989, then in 2/3 Kbay Hawaii after that. We did a huge exercise on board the Denver, but it was later on after Desert Storm....My unit had a history with the Denver......not a good one.....But I do miss the Mighty Mo....MarDet...
Left California on the USS Juneau, came back on the USS Denver during RimPAC 90. We broke down in the Pacific Ocean during a storm after leaving pearl harbor, Semper FI 8691
we need her back more then ever now.
For what? She served her purpose and there isn't much for her to shoot at right now.
she served in navy very long already, just let her rest.
@@Kpoole35 except all the crap in the South China Sea, all the crap in Iran, all the crap Russia has.. you name it, the Missouri can hit it and Hit Hard, Hit Fast, Hit Often
when they all have missles? no way, i would like to see the ole girl preserved.
@@Kpoole35 modern missiles are designed to penetrate thin steel and blow up, they aren't designed to penetrate steel armor up to 19" thick.
Воистину! Мощь суперлинкора и океана слились воедино! Слава Человеку!!
Wow this is amazing! I was on Denver when this video was shot. I was with the Marine regiment that was being transported back home to KBay. We staged a helo insert onto the North Shore and did a little 3-day tactical exercise without troops in the Kahuku Mountains.
Watched the Missouri as she hulked along with the other surface combatants. During the transit the Aussie FFG-7 that was part of the force showed their ship handling skills by slaloming between the eight or so other destroyers and frigates that were in a column open order. The Aussie was booking throwing up a rooster tail while the Men at Work song I Come from a Long Down under blared over the topside speakers. That was some balls!
You failed to mention that the Aussie Frigate did the same to the column of Amphibs and upon passing us their flight deck crew dropped their drawers and mooned us. Very funny and very Australian!
@@JamesThomas-ut1hw I don't remember that prank lol! Thanks again for posting the video! Brought back many great memories of my service assigned with the Marine Corps. Ooh rah!
I was on the Denver in 2004. Rest easy old girl!
Such a beautiful lady one of the few ships I never got to go on or see out to sea. Man I miss my Navy days
Anyone else get scared when they saw the guns aimed right at the camera?
I was, and I'm not even in the US.
1:38 paused is just terrifying with those guns looking right at you
Thanks for sharing that video. wowsers
I would be thinking if I was out there that I'm glad she's on our side.
Anchors Aweigh, my boys,
Anchors Aweigh.
Farewell to foreign shores,
We sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay.
Through our last night ashore,
Drink to the foam,
Until we meet once more.
Here's wishing you a happy voyage home.
semper fi. I was on lpd Juneau on that exercise. came back to the state on denver
holy shit, sad that it happened before i born, mighty mo from pacific war joins rimpac at 45 years later with overhaul? HOLY SHIT
We were also in Rimpac 89. I took the Missouri to South Korea (Busan) where I would later be stationed for 7 years (Seoul & Wijanbu) and meet my wife.
Now we have 4 children and when we retire, we’ll move back to YangYang where we have a small farm. I look forward to going back to SK.
its a shame no royal navy battleship was preserved (warspite or vanguard)
Beautiful! my favorite ship of the Navy.
My brother, EM2 John Ziesemer, was onboard Missouri during that time
👏Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic. 👏
They got those 16 inch guns pointed right at you. Scary perspective!
majestically swanning past.... just look at that wake! she sure is pushing some water....
Thanks!
Semper-fi
戦艦はやっぱりかっこいいですね まさに海に浮かぶ城といえますね 戦艦ミズーリーの勇姿をみて思わず武者震いしました
Carrier ops are great … still nothing compared to being on something from WWII 👊🏻💪🏻
I just wonder just how fast one of these battleships could be with a modern bow and modern power plant etc.? And if they could have still played a part defending carriers with modern detection equipment etc ? Beautiful but deadly 👍👍
No modernizing of the power plant would be required. Their nominal 212,000 hp rating had an overload capacity of 254,000hp, or just 6000 less than a modern carrier, which weighs 25% more. A more bulbous bow, and rebuilding the stern into a squared off transom would probably gain 3-4kts.
In her 1968 deployment to Vietnam, New Jersey conducted a high speed run (oddly, there are no existing records of true speed trials being carried out when they were built) on the way to Hawaii. She set an official record of 35.8kts, which was sustained for 9 hours. In a full load configuration. With a transom stern and bulbous bow of modern design, she’d probably exceed 38-39.
@@scrappydude1 Regardless of practicality in this modern age because they can get into port all over the world still nothing projects naval power more than these beautiful ships 🤘😎🤘🇬🇧
@@scrappydude1 Freaking wow. A transsom stern is advantageous in what way? Less turbulence created?
Yes. Apparently the squared off transom stern helps because water rushing back into the space behind the hull actually exerts forward pressure on the hull. Slightly pushing, if you will. It seems counterintuitive just looking at it, but the science says it’s very real.
The max speed of a ship is determined by the length to width ratio... more power is useless. You could do some tricks with the stern but Iowas are panamax sized. The fastest panamax sized ship was the QE2 with 36 kn but for a battleship with all that armor against torpedos the 33 kn of the Iowas is astonishing.
What a great video!
Seeing the Missouri up close and personal at Pearl Harbor was incredible
Great day to be a sailor
Aircraft carriers might've superseded Battleships, but a 16 inch gun is still a 16 inch gun and a 2000 pound shell. Might Mo' and her sisters were all amazing ships, and I was glad to Missouri and Wisconsin in Desert Storm
Gun Rule - Never point a gun at anything you don't want to destroy.
USS Denver - wait... what? Oh shiii..
jeden z piękniejszych pancerników :)
Amazing how low in the water them battleships run and they don't plow in!
❤❤❤❤... O.M.G.. The "Catalina" Islands.. Mighty "MO" Pointed her guns...
Was the first ship I was on in 1977 from Okinawa camp swab 1st bn 9th marines walking DEAD BN 💪😎
I was on the Mo for that one.
Watching the guns point at you is beyond scary
…maybe even DEPARTMENT HEAD,….ITS BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT WHAT A GREAT CREW WE HAD ON THE BIG “D”
I was the ship's Supply Officer and managed the supply department. LT Bill Rodgers and Lt John White were running Deck Department, I think Ens Dave Schulman was your DIVO. Glad you liked it.
The last of an era gone by.
Battleships… still imposing as ever.