[ARC5] ARB Modifications

[J. Forster]

They are arrayed around the perimeter of the area just below the main guns
on the MASSACHUSETTS. Hundreds of them. There is a travelling crane to
move them.

-John

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> On Fri, 2012-11-02 at 15:50 -0700, J. Forster wrote:
>> Battleship big guns fire shells weighing tons, not 70 pounds. The
>> casings
>> are about 16" OD and 4-5 feet high. And that's just the projectile.
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>> -John
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> I was on a small destroyer. A set of battleship rifles was bigger than
> my entire ship. A friend who saw and *touched* those projectiles
> referred to them as airborne Volkswagens!
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> 73,
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> Bill  KU8H
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