Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!djm@etive.edinburgh.ac.uk From: djm@etive.edinburgh.ac.uk (D Murphy) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: USS Iowa explosion Message-ID: <6277@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 5 May 89 00:35:27 GMT References: <5788@cbnews.ATT.COM> <5853@cbnews.ATT.COM> <5979@cbnews.ATT.COM> <6022@cbnews.ATT.COM> <6159@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Edinburgh University Computer Services Lines: 46 Approved: military@att.att.com From: D Murphy In article <6159@cbnews.ATT.COM> willey@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU (Adm. Pavel Chekov) writes: >From: willey@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU (Adm. Pavel Chekov) > > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, one of the >major objections to the battleship in a modern navy is it's lack of ability >to defend itself from air attack. Also, with the accident on the Iowa, a >replacement 16" gun is needed and none exist. > Would it be feasible to remove turret #2 from the Iowa and replace it >with a verticle launch system for SM-2 missiles to give the battleship >protection from aircraft. Not only would this add to the defense of the ship, >but it would also give the Navy two 16" gun replacements. > If this is feasible: > 1 : How many SM-2's could be accomodated? (ready to fire and reloads) > 2 : Could an anti-submarine defense be fit into this re-fit? > 3 : Would the re-fit be worth the time and money? > >Thanks in advance. > (willey@unsvax.uucp) Someone pointed out a while ago that one of the problems with the turret assemblies is that they are so heavy that the cranes to lift them out just don't exist. I think this would mitigate against such an action, though it does seem to make sense. Murff.... JANET: djm@uk.ac.ed.etive Internet: djm%ed.etive@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Murff@uk.ac.ed.emas-a Murff%ed.emas-a@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk trinity@uk.ac.ed.cs.tardis trinity%ed.cs.tardis@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk D.J. Murphy Chemistry Dept. Univ. of Edinburgh "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Woody Allen