GeneMO said: (quoted from post at 07:59:30 02/17/14)
Bret4207 said: (quoted from post at 06:07:47 02/17/14)
robgIN said: (quoted from post at 09:43:39 02/16/14) The only ships with 18 inch guns were the 2 Yamato class battleships Yamato and Musashi of the Imperial Japanese Navy , Musashi was sunk at battle of Leyte, Yamato sunk during Okinawa campaign . If those were 18" I wonder if they were captured spare parts from Japan or barrel for a US ship that never got built ?
I wondered in anyone else caught that! Common misconception.
What is the misconception? I read a lot of WWII history and was sure we never had an 18" gun on a battle ship. And I did know the Japanese did. For all the hooplaa the Japanese big battleships didn't accomplish much.
Gene
I'm not saying the Iowa class had 18's. The misconception is that the Iowa class had 18" guns. I've seen it several times over the years. I've also seen the claim the Iowa class had "The Biggest Guns" ever put on a battleship. Nope. The Brits had an 18" gun in WW1 and the Japanese an 18.1 gun in WW2.
The US did have a 36" mortar in WW2. I'd say that wins for largest caliber in the 20th century!
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 15:36:00 02/17/14 2 times.
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