The Cellar - View Single Post - September 6, 2007: World's largest cargo ship

xoxoxoBruce · 09-08-2007, 01:44 PM

This is the Jap Battleship Yamamoto, with it's 18 inch guns, sunk in 1945. I don't know why they were using a small bulbous bow, 40 years before the effects on speed and efficiency were really understood. Maybe for ramming whales.

09-08-2007, 01:44 PM	#32
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This is the Jap Battleship Yamamoto, with it's 18 inch guns, sunk in 1945. I don't know why they were using a small bulbous bow, 40 years before the effects on speed and efficiency were really understood. Maybe for ramming whales. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.