Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uwvax!rutgers!att!cbnews!jkmedcal%uokmax@uokmax.uucp From: jkmedcal%uokmax@uokmax.uucp (Jeff Medcalf) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Iowa Maneuverability Message-ID: <6332@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 6 May 89 03:37:32 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 17 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Jeff Medcalf I have seen a WWII photo of the Missouri turning inside of a destroyer while both were doing 30 knots. The twin rudder configuration is incredibly good in a turn vs a single rudder, and the screws can be operated with one pair rotating clockwise and one pair counterclockwise. On most 2-screw ships, this cannot be done because both shafts are linked to the same powerplant or gearbox. Not so on the Iowas. -- jkmedcal@uokmax.UUCP | "Open the pod bay doors, Hal." jkmedcal@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave." Jeff Medcalf | -2001