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spitfire-ian said:
andyA700 said:
That's one of the Iowa Class so 16" guns
The Texas wouldn't have been anything like as advanced in the loading being WW1 era.
aeropilot said:
spitfire-ian said:
andyA700 said:
That's one of the Iowa Class so 16" gunsThe Texas wouldn't have been anything like as advanced in the loading being WW1 era.
spitfire-ian said:
Talking of turrets, the guys on USS Iowa have recently got one of theirs to move.
There are other videos on their channel showing inside, different camera angles, etc.
It would have interesting to actually hear the electrics motors that turn the turret and the resulting mechanical noises as it is one of those things that you assume sound a certain way (from movies and games) but actually might be quite different in reality.There are other videos on their channel showing inside, different camera angles, etc.
Unfortunately though someone seems to have arranged a full band rehearsal (just out of camera shot) so you can't hear a bloody thing above the music!
I hope we get hear it in their next video's
blackmme said:
It would have interesting to actually hear the electrics motors that turn the turret and the resulting mechanical noises as it is one of those things that you assume sound a certain way (from movies and games) but actually might be quite different in reality.
Unfortunately though someone seems to have arranged a full band rehearsal (just out of camera shot) so you can't hear a bloody thing above the music!
I hope we get hear it in their next video's
Here's one without the musicUnfortunately though someone seems to have arranged a full band rehearsal (just out of camera shot) so you can't hear a bloody thing above the music!
I hope we get hear it in their next video's
The background noise is the container ship loading adjacent to their mooring. Apparently you couldn't hear anything on deck in regard to the turret noises.
However, inside on the electric deck it's another story!
It's pretty awesome!
Edited by spitfire-ian on Monday 21st August 13:22
Edited by spitfire-ian on Monday 21st August 13:24
spitfire-ian said:
Here's one without the music
The background noise is the container ship loading adjacent to their mooring. Apparently you couldn't hear anything on deck in regard to the turret noises.
However, inside on the electric deck it's another story!
It's pretty awesome!
Thank you!The background noise is the container ship loading adjacent to their mooring. Apparently you couldn't hear anything on deck in regard to the turret noises.
However, inside on the electric deck it's another story!
It's pretty awesome!
Edited by spitfire-ian on Monday 21st August 13:22
Edited by spitfire-ian on Monday 21st August 13:24
98elise said:
Simpo Two said:
aeropilot said:
A pity everything below 1Khz is missing...!This is a broadside and near to what it sounded like.
https://youtu.be/ITUlTUNdJOU
I was a Phalanx CIWS operator/maintainer and even that sounds very muted in video. It's a much louder and deeper sound in real life, and the deck shakes with the recoil.
Edited to add...
Of course on a video you also miss the physical aspects of being near 9 16 inch guns going off together!
Edited by 98elise on Wednesday 5th April 13:26
Up close, the sound is a super loud “crack” that you very much feel as the pressure wave hits you, then you might get some lower toned reverb depending on the environment.
A CWIS sounds like a really loud and long burp. Buuuuuurp. The closest sound in the civilian world you’d find would be a top fuel dragster. Those are incredibly loud, so much so your vision blurs as your eyeballs are vibrating. Very spectacular experience that will shock you the first time.
dvs_dave said:
98elise said:
Simpo Two said:
aeropilot said:
A pity everything below 1Khz is missing...!This is a broadside and near to what it sounded like.
https://youtu.be/ITUlTUNdJOU
I was a Phalanx CIWS operator/maintainer and even that sounds very muted in video. It's a much louder and deeper sound in real life, and the deck shakes with the recoil.
Edited to add...
Of course on a video you also miss the physical aspects of being near 9 16 inch guns going off together!
Edited by 98elise on Wednesday 5th April 13:26
Up close, the sound is a super loud “crack” that you very much feel as the pressure wave hits you, then you might get some lower toned reverb depending on the environment.
A CWIS sounds like a really loud and long burp. Buuuuuurp. The closest sound in the civilian world you’d find would be a top fuel dragster. Those are incredibly loud, so much so your vision blurs as your eyeballs are vibrating. Very spectacular experience that will shock you the first time.
We tended to shoot in 1 second bursts so didn't get the long burp you hear from an A10. They are certainly loud and violent though.
During a shoot one of my tasks was to remove a physical safety lock just before it's fired, then get inside the ship.
One time I got to the door and some idiot had secured it from the other side. I couldn't risk comms as that would mean taking my ear defenders off, so I just took cover behind the mount and waited for the violence
https://battleshiptexas.org/quality-control-test-u...
The dock was flooded for a test this week, so getting closer to being finished.
The dock was flooded for a test this week, so getting closer to being finished.
dvs_dave said:
98elise said:
Simpo Two said:
aeropilot said:
A pity everything below 1Khz is missing...!This is a broadside and near to what it sounded like.
https://youtu.be/ITUlTUNdJOU
I was a Phalanx CIWS operator/maintainer and even that sounds very muted in video. It's a much louder and deeper sound in real life, and the deck shakes with the recoil.
Edited to add...
Of course on a video you also miss the physical aspects of being near 9 16 inch guns going off together!
Edited by 98elise on Wednesday 5th April 13:26
Up close, the sound is a super loud “crack” that you very much feel as the pressure wave hits you, then you might get some lower toned reverb depending on the environment.
A CWIS sounds like a really loud and long burp. Buuuuuurp. The closest sound in the civilian world you’d find would be a top fuel dragster. Those are incredibly loud, so much so your vision blurs as your eyeballs are vibrating. Very spectacular experience that will shock you the first time.
king express train' as they went overhead. Tango13 said:
I used to drink with an old boy that went in on D-Day, the big shells being fired almost horizontally 'sounded like a fking express train' as they went overhead.
I'd concur with that description plus the movement of our ship from the shock wave as the rounds went overhead of us, we were providing air defence cover for Missouri and Wisconsin during Gulf War 1 while they were bombarding Kuwait. king express train' as they went overhead. They were pretty impressive to watch "in action" as we weren't sat very far away, bit of history I guess too watching a Battleship in action for real for the last time ever. Still remember it very vividly despite being 33 years ago.
wal 45 said:
They were pretty impressive to watch "in action" as we weren't sat very far away, bit of history I guess too watching a Battleship in action for real for the last time ever. Still remember it very vividly despite being 33 years ago.
Definitely one of those time and place in history moments.wal 45 said:
Tango13 said:
I used to drink with an old boy that went in on D-Day, the big shells being fired almost horizontally 'sounded like a fking express train' as they went overhead.
I'd concur with that description plus the movement of our ship from the shock wave as the rounds went overhead of us, we were providing air defence cover for Missouri and Wisconsin during Gulf War 1 while they were bombarding Kuwait. king express train' as they went overhead. They were pretty impressive to watch "in action" as we weren't sat very far away, bit of history I guess too watching a Battleship in action for real for the last time ever. Still remember it very vividly despite being 33 years ago.
As Texas prepares to be refloated, it's been announced that USS New Jersey will be heading into dry dock on the 21st March.
https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/drydock/
Edited to add:
Moving from her berth to the shipyard on the 21st then probably going into the dry dock on the 27th.
https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/drydock/
Edited to add:
Moving from her berth to the shipyard on the 21st then probably going into the dry dock on the 27th.
Edited by spitfire-ian on Friday 16th February 15:03
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