30 Jun
2013
30 Jun
'13
12:52 p.m.
You would have to be crazy to try and board a ship with up to 16" of steel
armor and a crew of thousands, even crazier with its original armament.
?9 ? 16 in./50 cal Mark 7 guns
?20 ? 5 in./38 cal Mark 12 guns
?80 ? 40 mm/56 cal anti-aircraft guns
?49 ? 20 mm/70 cal anti-aircraft cannons
-----Original Message-----
From: Zane H. Healy
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 2:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Battleship terminal BB61
At 11:35 AM -0700 6/30/13, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jun 2013, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
:-) Strange, I was thinking of that as well. :-)
And the statement isn't necessarily true, as both rates could be part
of the ships self-defense force.
Zane
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Yeah, if you have to throw the supply clerks
(alongside the cooks and
bakers) into combat, things are dire indeed.
So, . . .
"Under Siege" was fiction??