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From: freeman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jay Freeman)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Torpedoing Battleships
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Date: 24 May 91 18:39:14 GMT
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From: freeman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jay Freeman)


phil@brahms.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes:
>Actually, battleships don't have armored bottoms for a couple of reasons:
[omitted --CDR]

Also: when battleships were being built, all torpedoes were surface running.
The Iowa class BB's have 12" belt armor at the waterline, which tapers to
about 2" at the keel.

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