The USS Iowa firing its 16 inch guns

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patito

2008-12-16 13:57:54

That photo was taken in 1984..the Iowa has been in mothballs since 1990...the last great engagement between battleships was in the Pacific ( Leyte Gulf ) in 1944...there are no longer any battleships in commission in any of the world's navies..

Unknown

2008-12-16 07:25:22

so sad, if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one to use that machine of destruction...

patito

2008-08-10 23:22:15

Note the teak decks..don't see that on very many warships these days.

GORKEM

2008-08-10 20:55:38

NO WAR PHOTO CAN BE SUCCESSFULL

Paula Pum

2008-04-11 20:18:58

AMAZING!

2008-04-11 18:39:33

ship move average of 5 feet side ways on brodside shot

GruMbleBuM

2008-04-11 15:28:40

Now that's gun control!

Cogote

2008-04-11 09:47:51

Waste of money ...

Spocker

2008-04-10 18:15:21

They don't make 'em like that anymore. It's all missles nowadays.

Sooz

2008-04-10 16:30:35

Quite a bit! You can see the lateral movement in the water at the front of the ship. I'd imagine it's quite loud too :-)

mainedrummer

2008-04-10 16:19:42

I wonder how far the ship gets pushed to the side when it fires those big guns

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