Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: tm1y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas A. McGowan) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Battleships Message-ID: <1990Dec8.222030.27569@cbnews.att.com> Date: 8 Dec 90 22:20:30 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 34 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "Thomas A. McGowan" > From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) > In article <1990Oct29.024749.5785@cbnews.att.com> > mailrus!sharkey!amara!khai@uunet.UU.NET (S. Khai Mong) writes: > >plus, given the geography, they were almost on a suicidal mission. In > >fact, it was one of the few times in history that the classic "T" was > >crossed, where the entire broadside of the American battleship line > >was brought to bear on an advancing Japanese fleet... > And to cap it off, this was a night battle and some of the US battleships > had fire-control radar. This is not entirely true. In 1905 the Japanese fleet "crossed the T" on the Russia fleet and gave it a good pasting! This got japan recognized as a naval power. But the "T" is not perfect. In the battle of Trafalgar (sp), admiral Nelson of the Royal Navy blasted the spanish by charging into the "T" with two groups. This effectively split the spanish fleet into three groups. This also allowed him to bring both sets of broadsides to bear from both groups. This let two Spanish "thirds" get plastered with one set each while the middle third got two sets of broadsides. I guess you could call this the "H" Lastly, the battle you refer to above is the battle of Serigaro (sp) strait, which was a part of the battle of "Lettye Gulf" (sp). The best part of this was these were the battleships that were sunk at Pearl Harbor (less three". So it was even sweeter revenge. --Andy "Hydran Commander" --Andy "Hydran Commander" [mod.note: On spelling, "Surigao" and "Leyte", respectively. Trafalgar is correct. - Schoolmarm Bill ]