I'm sure this is a stupid question (and I will probably get flamed for this
email),
but what does this have to do with the IETF?
Ben Yalow wrote:
At 05:00 PM 4/26/01 -0700, Peter Deutsch wrote:
"Willis, Scott L" wrote:
Why Waste time with calculations, It's an American Ship! Swing the 16"
guns
and blow the Bridge. Bush can call it routine and not apologize for it.
Errr, actually carriers don't have 16" guns, the battleships did. There
*were* smaller caliber turrents on the older (e.g. WWII Essex class)
carriers for antiaircraft work, and the newer carriers have such things
as Phalanx for the same reason, but definitely not something as big as
16". Now, sending off a flight of F-15s with laser guided weapons on the
other hand...
Actually, while the Essex class carried some smaller guns (5", and then lots
of smaller caliber), the largest guns on US carriers were on Lexington
(CV-2), and Saratoga (CV-3). Since they were originally laid down as battle
cruisers, and later converted to carriers, they still had 8 8" guns.
- peterd
Ben
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