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Posted: 11/24/2017 10:04:03 PM EDT

Went to see the battleship USS North Carolina today and had a question about the main guns.

They are 16in 45 caliber guns. Someone please explain the 45 caliber I can not compute

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:05:39 PM EDT

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That means the barrel is 45 calibers long. Ie, 16" x 45. Or, 60 ft.

I bought a piece of the old decking not long ago.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:11:28 PM EDT

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Cool.

IBMF

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:11:43 PM EDT

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In big naval guns, "caliber" defines the length of the barrel in multiples of the bore. So a 16-inch 45 caliber guns the barrel is 45x16 inches, or 60 feet long.

By comparison the Iowa class battleships used 16-inch 50 caliber guns, which had barrels 66 feet long.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:13:42 PM EDT

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Cool. We go there every year or two.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:14:24 PM EDT

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So a 308 in 45 caliber would be 13.86" long

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:25:04 PM EDT

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Isn’t her nickname “The Showboat?”

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:29:03 PM EDT

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Went to see the battleship USS North Carolina today and had a question about the main guns.

They are 16in 45 caliber guns. Someone please explain the 45 caliber I can not compute

https://i.imgur.com/r4VJjMa.jpg

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Where were the carbine, M1, and '03 displayed?

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:32:11 PM EDT

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Yes. In the marine compartment. I was tempted to ask where they stored the crayons but I didn't

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:33:28 PM EDT

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A model of her I did. I need to clean it off and add some rigging and other details.

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Posted: 11/24/2017 10:34:04 PM EDT

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More knockdown power.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:34:12 PM EDT

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Cool. We go there every year or two.

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I need to go way more often

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:36:59 PM EDT

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Ive been to the USS NC a few times as a kid. Really cool stuff.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:41:09 PM EDT

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Yes.

She was awarded the most battle stars of any WW2 battleship.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:41:27 PM EDT

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My next door neighbor is a WWII crewman of her. He said when they would fire a salvo the bulkheads would flex and ripple.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:43:16 PM EDT

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Shame they can't keep these old ships sea worthy and actually take them out on cruises. Get out on open water and let loose a Salvo

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:44:22 PM EDT

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I’m still grinding my North Carolina in WoWS.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:44:41 PM EDT

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Yes, due to all the attention she received when being fitted out and during sea trials.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:45:31 PM EDT

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I live in FL, and am in Wilmington right now too.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:45:41 PM EDT

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I might have to start playing again

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:49:39 PM EDT

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I have yet to board a museum battleship and I fail at life.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:50:39 PM EDT

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The baby momma and I have b en there before. Wilmington right?

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:52:59 PM EDT

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The best city in NC.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:53:34 PM EDT

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Anyone know just how many battleships are now museums. I know of the Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, & North Carolina. Any others?

USS Iowa forward turret.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:54:10 PM EDT

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Caliber in naval guns is a measure of barrel length.

16"45 caliber guns have 45 x 16" = 720" barrels (60').

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:54:52 PM EDT

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Next to Jacksonville of course

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:57:49 PM EDT

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I went once when I was a kid. I need to go back now that I’m older and learn more.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:57:56 PM EDT

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Saw it a few times as a kid.

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:59:00 PM EDT

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Anyone know just how many battleships are now museums. I know of the Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, & North Carolina. Any others?

USS Iowa forward turret.
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Add the Alabama

Posted: 11/24/2017 10:59:53 PM EDT

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Anyone know just how many battleships are now museums. I know of the Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, & North Carolina. Any others?

USS Iowa forward turret.
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Massachusetts and Alabama.

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:02:38 PM EDT

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I went on the Missouri once when it was docked in long Beach I was maybe 5

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:02:47 PM EDT

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BB-64 USS Wisconsin is at Norfolk

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:03:01 PM EDT

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They are 16in 45 caliber guns. Someone please explain the 45 caliber I can not compute

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Must. Not. Say. Google.....

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:04:32 PM EDT

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8VYqhvBpL0

Skip to 17:00 (the whole thing is great, but BB-55 is featured at that point).

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:05:16 PM EDT

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In big naval guns, "caliber" defines the length of the barrel in multiples of the bore. So a 16-inch 45 caliber guns the barrel is 45x16 inches, or 60 feet long.

By comparison the Iowa class battleships used 16-inch 50 caliber guns, which had barrels 66 feet long.

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Interesting.

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:11:10 PM EDT

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The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club has restored the original radios in one of the seven radio rooms. If you are a licensed amateur and know morse code you can operate from the USS North Carolina using the restored radios. If you don't know code (like me), they have a modern radio you can operate. The restored radios are in a part of the ship that isn't open to the public. It's not that far from where the torpedo hit.

Vulcan94

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:11:12 PM EDT

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Tagged for later.

Posted: 11/24/2017 11:13:51 PM EDT

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Patriot point in sc has a submarine, destroyer and aircraft carrier

Posted: 11/25/2017 10:24:19 AM EDT

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I did but wasn't very clear.

Posted: 11/25/2017 10:43:04 AM EDT

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OST

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Posted: 11/25/2017 11:13:18 AM EDT

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She's a beautiful ship. I haven't been in many years, but I have donated money.

There were plans to tow her to Philadelphia Navy Yard (?) for hull repairs.

Anyone know if they changed their minds or did the repairs in place?

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:27:02 AM EDT

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She's a beautiful ship. I haven't been in many years, but I have donated money.

There were plans to tow her to Philadelphia Navy Yard (?) for hull repairs.

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Philly yard has been closed for decades. The drydocks are in private hands and the berths are used for inactive reserve ships only.

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:35:51 AM EDT

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She's a beautiful ship. I haven't been in many years, but I have donated money.

There were plans to tow her to Philadelphia Navy Yard (?) for hull repairs.

Anyone know if they changed their minds or did the repairs in place?

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They are building a cofferdam around the ship to create a dry dock. Repairs will be done from there.

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:37:29 AM EDT

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I am planning on going to Mobile next year to see the USS Alabama. As much of a history nut as I am, I have yet to set foot on a battleship. I am actually on a battleship reading binge right now. I wonder how awesome a 16in anti aircraft shell would have been? The Japanese had them for their Yamato class 18.1in. My last battleship book was about the USS Tennessee. I wish they could have saved her.

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:38:45 AM EDT

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Anyone know just how many battleships are now museums. I know of the Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, & North Carolina. Any others?

USS Iowa forward turret.
https://i.imgur.com/ud5CTO0.jpg

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The Iowa has plywood decks. Really?

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:42:42 AM EDT

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So a 308 in 45 caliber would be 13.86" long

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That means the barrel is 45 calibers long. Ie, 16" x 45. Or, 60 ft.

So a 308 in 45 caliber would be 13.86" long

The real question is if anyone makes a 1911 with a 45 caliber barrel.

(I'm not saying it would be practical)
Maybe add a stock and SRB it.
Or better yet, a brace.

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:43:10 AM EDT

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Anyone know just how many battleships are now museums. I know of the Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, Texas, & North Carolina. Any others?

USS Iowa forward turret.
https://i.imgur.com/ud5CTO0.jpg

The Iowa has plywood decks. Really?

USS Alabama in Mobile. I spent a couple weeks in Boy Scouts renovating it after they filed Under Siege on it. It's part of the South Dakota class of Fast Battleships that came after the two North Carolina Class.
https://www.ussalabama.com/

Posted: 11/25/2017 11:49:22 AM EDT

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The Philly yard was a ???, I wasn't sure it was still in operation.

So have they started the coffer dam? I'd love to see it dry.

I understand that over the years it has settled into the mud. What a mess

Posted: 11/25/2017 12:05:56 PM EDT

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The Philly yard was a ???, I wasn't sure it was still in operation.

So have they started the coffer dam? I'd love to see it dry.

I understand that over the years it has settled into the mud. What a mess

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And Gators Around there Wilmington is a nice Place There is a Civil war fort Just south of the city that has alot of History as well