Check out an informative and extraordinary analysis on the loss of the Kirishima off Guadalcanal over at the www.navweaps.com site. It turns out the Washington's gunnery was far better than even Admiral Lee thought and the author's post-sinking event theory for the Kirishima is a provocative read.

--Karl

Care to be a little more specific; I've trolled through the site and didn't find the discussion you mention.

Thanx, Stephen

The article's an Adobe Reader download. Here's the address:

www.navweaps.com/index_lundgren/Kirishima_Damage_Analysis.pdf

--Karl

I had read that before, it is very interesting.

Damage PDF


Link added.

My father was a Marine guard on the BB56. His battle station was at a Bofors and he described the event to me once. The broadside from the Washington pushed her back about 6ft. They could see the Kirshima's silhouette lit up by the explosions.

fascnating. Loved all the diagrams, helped to put thngs in perspective. YEa Washigton for accurate gunnery.

That was a very interesting read. Thank you.

Very interesting. Makes me think about a diorama; you know, big shell splashes, gun blasts, fire and smoke ....mayhem everywhere. It is now on the to do list

There's also this collection of analysis just posted to
http://www.navweaps.com/index_lundgren/index_lundgren.htm

Also, a broadside does NOT move a ship that much, please read (from the same site):
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-022.htm

Well, the nighttime setting will be tough to photograph for this site. I will be taking on such challenging scenes in 2011.

--Karl

Iluminating target!
Cheers,

Augusto

As an engineer as well as a former Field Artilleryman (and a real lover of naval history) I absolutely LOVED the thorough analysis disproving the widely held myth about the broadside of the main guns moving the ship.

I have no doubt some who may have been aboard a ship when a salvo was fired would SWEAR that the ship moved. So much for the credibility of "eye-witnesses"!!


Here's an analogy. Go stand on some ice and throw a handful of marbles.

You have to admit that the overhead images of the Battleships firing a broadside definately show the wakes as staright as if no guns had been fired.