Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: welty@algol.crd.ge.com (richard welty) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Iowa Maneuverability Message-ID: <6495@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 12 May 89 02:47:24 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: New York State Institute for Sebastian Cabot Studies Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: welty@algol.crd.ge.com (richard welty) Jeff Medcalf writes: >I have seen a WWII photo of the Missouri turning inside of a destroyer while >both were doing 30 knots. indeed, it is very common for cocky destroyer commanders, accustomed to outmanuvering the big ships, to assume they can outmanuver the Iowas. at least one destroyer has been seriously damanged when an Iowa-class ship out-turned it and hit the destroyer's superstructure (i can look up information on the incident if anyone wants me to.) richard -- richard welty welty@algol.crd.ge.com 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York ``Every time I see an Alfa Romeo pass by, I raise my hat'' -- Henry Ford