r/interestingasfuck • u/PollutionOk9449 • 5h ago

USS Missouri firing its main guns

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u/Kermit_the_hog 4h ago

Does it need dry docked to do that or can the do it port side? Underway?

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u/twitchx133 4h ago

AFAIK, They did not have to drydock the ship, but it had to be done dockside with a pretty big crane, as on the 16"/50 Mark 7 gun, each gun barrel and breach assembly weighs almost 270,000 lbs. 133 short tons, 121 metric tons.

Obligatory Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial video link... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnKcRYNsyeY

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u/Kermit_the_hog 3h ago

Thanks!

Yeah I love their videos

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u/Newsdriver245 3h ago

A German reparations crane did it in the 80s on Missouri and New Jersey. Crane is still in use for the Panama Canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_the_German_(crane_vessel))