Re: [Phys-l] old stuff--battleship momentum conservation.

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Certainly there is a recoil.  The USS  Phillipine Sea (a carrrier) had an 
early version of a night landing system.  The electronics were based on 
vacuum tubes.  In those days the carriers of our class carried 5" guns for 
air defense, so we happily put to sea for gunnery practice.  During gnnery 
practice the tubes in the night landing system all shatttered.   The year 
was 1948,
					Regards,
						Jack

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, chuck britton wrote:

> Some folks seem to confuse the roiled water (caused by the muzzle
> blast) with a wake caused by the ship sliding sideways.
>
> Short answer - No Way!
>
>
>
> At 2:48 PM -0500 2/3/11, Dr. Richard Tarara wrote:
> > Some time ago we had this thread on whether or not a salvo from the 9 guns
> > of a WWII battleship actually moves the ship sideways.  I couldn't find the
> > shot I knew I had at the time, but did find it and will put it up at:
> >
> > www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/BATTLESHIP.jpg
> >
> > for a few days (running short on college server storage).
> >
> > I will offer no additional comments.  ;-)
> >
> > Rick
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