Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: norton@manta.nosc.mil (LT Scott A. Norton, USN) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Torpedoing Battleships Message-ID: <1991Jun7.071810.7199@amd.com> Date: 31 May 91 16:17:59 GMT References: <1991May23.054849.13718@amd.com> <1991May24.030512.9324@amd.com> <1991May29.011001.6552@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command Lines: 10 Approved: military@amd.com From: norton@manta.nosc.mil (LT Scott A. Norton, USN) Another reason for not armoring the battleship's bottoms: Plunging fire that penetrates the armored deck will then plunge through the bottom relatively harmlessly. (An internal explosion is much more damaging than a 18-inch hole in the bottom.) Scott Norton