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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:41 pm 
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I wanted to share this with all the WHIFFERs out there, cuz I think it's pretty funny. I'm not a big fan of Whifs, but it can be interesting to see what might have been.

In doing so, I am revealing my secret pastime of watching B movies. :sorry: :wacko:

Anyway, a real bad movie I just watched (Bermuda Tentacles) has these Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers with 16" Iowa Turrets mounted. Aside from the fact that it would swamp the ship, it looks pretty cool! :thumbs_up_1:

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:32 am 
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Looks more like the smaller 8" turrets found on WWII battlecruisers and heavy cruisers.


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EJM wrote:
Looks more like the smaller 8" turrets found on WWII battlecruisers and heavy cruisers.


I don't think so, the shape is more accurate for an Iowa turret. They are scaled down to fit the Burke hull though, so who knows what size the guns would be.

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Looks like 3 twin 5"/38's on each beam too. Interesting


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warspite63 wrote:
Looks like 3 twin 5"/38's on each beam too. Interesting


Yep. Looks like one right behind the aft portside SPY-1 panel which IMO, is a stupid location. :P This is why I don't watch B-grade movies. Too cheap, cheesy, bad plots, no historical/technical accuracy, etc., etc.


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EJM wrote:
This is why I don't watch B-grade movies. Too cheap, cheesy, bad plots, no historical/technical accuracy, etc., etc.


But it's soooo much fun laughing at them!!!! :lol_3: :destroyer:

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EJM wrote:
Looks more like the smaller 8" turrets found on WWII battlecruisers and heavy cruisers.


12 inch trips from the CBs looked exactly like iowa turrets to.

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