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From: wilson@b11.b11.ingr.com (Jon Wilson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: re: BB hull armor
Message-ID: <1991May29.011204.7127@amd.com>
Date: 27 May 91 13:15:43 GMT
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From: wilson@b11.b11.ingr.com (Jon Wilson)


In Muir's _Iowa-Class Battleships_ it is stated that the Navy considered
armoring the bottom of the hull on the (never-built) Montana class, but
rejected the idea because it would have increased draft and displacement
significantly on an already-overloaded design.

Jonathan Wilson
DEC Systems Support
Intergraph Corporation
email: uunet!ingr!b11!wilson