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

[Francesco Ledda]

Of course, it moved: simple conservation of momentum.

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> On Nov 4, 2015, at 19:47, Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.