Is it an Iowa?
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Probably.
Looks like an Iowa class battleship, but I believe one of the Iowa’s turrets are non-functioning after it blew itself up. Could be pre-explosion though.
There’s really no need for battle ships anymore… 🙁
Unfortunately that is true. Took to many people to operate and is very expensive to put to sea. If they put a couple of reactors on this class of ship it may be feasible again, but then the question would be “what the hell would they be used for?” Seeing as we don’t utilize our nuclear arsenal for anything other than a deterrent it may be a good idea to put these huge floating gun platforms back to sea. It’s much better than having troops on the ground and a 16″ shell does not discriminate. Also, if they can refit an Ohio class to carry tomahawks they can put packs of those awesome toys on a battle ship too.
DD(X) Battleship + Navy’s Rail Cannon = Yes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt_class_destroyer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
Plausible – check
Needed – not really
Building a true battleship with ^these capabilities – war-nerd masturbation fantasy.
oh, how sad there’s no reason for a war machine, boohoo
No it’s a boat.
It’s not a boat, it’s a ship (by any of the bajillion definitions of it)… Ocean-going? Check. Carries boats? Check. Cannot be carried by any other ship? Check. Capable of sustained independent operations? Checkity-check.
And yes, it’s an Iowa (pre-mothballing, probably – which would make this picture older than the WWW).
I would have eaten my own left foot if somebody didn’t come on and “correct” me. Innernets…Where someone is always smarter!
S-M-R-T!
Does it float? It’s a fucking boat.
Definition of boat: a small vessel for travel on water
Is it small? No. So its not a fucking boat…
Definition of ship: A water-borne vessel larger than a boat.
Ummm this thing is huge, so yes its a fucking ship and not a boat.
Go troll on 4chan ya redneck retard..
I am not a troll…I’m a princess.
It’s a boat…So there!
From the US Navy Slang Glossary on Wikipedia:
Boat: Water craft small enough to be carried on a ship, unless a submarine, which is ALWAYS called a boat. A ship may be called a boat but ONLY by members of its crew, and only those who have actually completed a deployment.
The moral of the story is that the definition is too fukked up to argue about. Seriously people it’s 2010, I thought arguing on the internet would have died out by now.
I was deployed on the Minnow…With The Skipper, The Professor (he’s sexy) and Mary Anne…It was a three hour cruise…A three hour cruise!
I wasn’t arguing in so much as being amazed at how rabid someone may become because I misused a word.
I own a canoe. I think from now on to be sure I will call it a hovercraft.
My canoe is named the HMCS Tom Thompson…Which is funny…In a uniquely Canadian way.
The strength of twice three thousand horse
That serve the one command;
The hand that heaves the headlong force,
The hate that backs the hand:
The doom-bolt in the darkness freed,
The mine that splits the main;
The white-hot wake, the ‘wildering speed–
The Choosers of the Slain!
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