PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoUSS Iowa in a floating dry-dock, Pacific Ocean, WW2, 1944lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1178
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minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-21 month agoKeep it on. Extra armor against torpedoes! Just need to sort out the propulsion aspects. My NCD consultants say jet engines are a great idea, as they existed in 1944.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI see we’re reinventing the catamaran today
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 month agoCatamaran hulls are adjacent, not concentric.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoTrimaran? I guess it doesn’t matter. What matters is getting giant jets on that dry-dock pronto!
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoTrimarans don’t have concentric hulls either, but yes, let’s not lose focus of what’s important here: Jets on battleships.
minus-squarerobolemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAnd lasers! The first laserjet!
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago Jets on battleships. They have them already, they’re call aircraft carriers…
Keep it on. Extra armor against torpedoes!
Just need to sort out the propulsion aspects. My NCD consultants say jet engines are a great idea, as they existed in 1944.
I see we’re reinventing the catamaran today
Catamaran hulls are adjacent, not concentric.
Trimaran?
I guess it doesn’t matter. What matters is getting giant jets on that dry-dock pronto!
Trimarans don’t have concentric hulls either, but yes, let’s not lose focus of what’s important here: Jets on battleships.
And lasers! The first laserjet!
They have them already, they’re call aircraft carriers…