[Milsurplus] LR frequency meter and "Couldn't shock mounts be designed to mitigate those problems?"

[Richard Solomon]

My uncle was on a "Tin Can" during the Okinawa invasion.
He told me that a broadside from those big guns (20 or 22" ??)
caused that battlewagon to move quite a bit. It wasn't a
violent movement, but it did move a ways.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:41 PM, howard holden <holden7471 at msn.com> wrote:

> That myth has been debunked numerous times. The sheer mass of the BB, plus
> the resistance of the water, plus the dampening by the approximate 4 foot
> recoil of the 16" long rifles, along with the vertical angle of shot is
> enough to preclude significant movement, as is rolling of the hull but the
> shock of the salvo can cause damage to ships equipment. Not to mention, if
> significant movement did come from a salvo, everyone onboard would have to
> be buckled in to prevent injury.
>
> Howie WB2AWQ
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 4, 2015, at 5:05 PM, "Bruce Gentry" <ka2ivy at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I have heard that a full salvo could shove the entire ship a few feet.
> The radios are one issue, I am amazed the targeting "computers" could stand
> it and be quickly used to calaculate the next firing.
> >
> >        Bruce Gentry
> >
> >
> > On 11/4/15 2:44 PM, Rob Flory wrote:
> >> I'm not sure anyone who has not lived through it can imagine the shock
> of
> >> firing the 16-inch main battery of a WWII battleship.  I know I can't.
> >>
> >> I have been on deck for the ceremonial firing of a 5" gun with a token
> >> charge. It shook every bone in my body.  The charge of a 16" gun fired
> in
> >> anger is three orders of magnitude larger.  I think most of those shock
> >> mounts bottomed out(and topped out) repeatedly with every firing.
> >>
> >> The only reason a TBY might fare better is by being cradled by 150lb of
> >> human flesh.  The one I had stopped working if you looked at it
> crosseyed.
> >>
> >> RF
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