Actually, the Iowas only have a three knot advantage. Bisko can go 30 kts at flank, while Iowa's going 33
maybe the Standards as they were originally laid down, but the modernized ones would give her one hell of a fight, and the Nocals and especially the Sodaks beat her on every category except speed.
This is why you only do an odd number of screws if you really don't care for steering (or are design a speed boat)
Not... quite. The North Carolinas were originally designed as 14" battleships (with quad turrets!) and armored accordingly; the invocation of the gun caliber escalator clause in the Second London Treaty didn't occur until construction was too far advanced to alter their armor arrangements.
I think he was more referencing Bisko's stability, as opposed to her aiming abilities.
The Iowas were sturdy enough to sail somewhat unaffected, unless the storm was heavy. Combined with the best RADAR-guided fire control, and she'll take Biscuit down handily.
Iowa does not have the same armored deck arrangement of Hood. Hood's deck arrangement was a 2-3" turtle deck connecting to the lower edge of the belt, a 1-2" middle deck adjoining the top of the belt, and a .8"-2" upper deck above that. Iowa's consists of a 6" main deck connected to the top of the armor belt, with a 1.5" upper deck to initiate bombs and a .6" lower deck to catch splinters. In both thickness and concentration Iowa's deck armor is vastly superior to Hood's. That 6" deck? Impenetrable to Bismarck's guns out to 35,000 yards, a range at which even Yamato and Iowa are going to be lucky to hit anything.
A Bismarck could take on a SoDak or NorCar and win, but it'd be a matter of luck and I'd give it to the American ship best out of ten. The Standards are tighter, due to their low speed, but I've looked at the Bismarck class fighting the Tennessee class, and it's a surprisingly even matchup. Granted, a modernized New Mexico isn't the radar aimbot a modernized Tennessee is, but they're still good shooters and I'd give them good odds against Bismarck.
Oh okay.
I could have sworn someone wrote something where American carriers wore uniforms from American War of Independence or Civil War, depending on class - Civil War for Essex, Revolutionary War for Lexington/Yorktown.On the subject of character designs:
This is a new one, I'll admit.
So would that mean they fire their planes out of muskets too?
It would make sense, firearms have a far greater cultural significance in the American psyche the just about any other ranged weapon, just like how the Japanese CVs use bows because Samuri were historically known for being mounted archers IIRC. British CVs would likely use longbows too, or maybe Lee Enfields for a more modern touch.
I say canon Sara has no sense of style.
