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Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: BigGun Rob on November 20, 2008, 07:39:22 am

Title: USS Texas (BB-35) Inside Turret 1 Gunhouse
Post by: BigGun Rob on November 20, 2008, 07:39:22 am

I had the good fortune of being let into the turret 1 gunhouse breech areas for the two 14"/45 guns. It's tight quarters in there, so the photos are a bit cramped, but I think they tell the story.

Rob

(http://www.robwood.net/Warships/battleships/Texas/turret-1/texas-turrets1-2_IMG_0099-w.jpg)

(http://www.robwood.net/Warships/battleships/Texas/turret-1/turret1-hatch_IMG_0147-w.jpg)

(http://www.robwood.net/Warships/battleships/Texas/turret-1/hatch-view_IMG_0123-w.jpg)

(http://www.robwood.net/Warships/battleships/Texas/turret-1/macrome_turret-breech-stbd_.jpg)

(http://www.robwood.net/Warships/battleships/Texas/turret-1/turret-breech-port_IMG_0138.jpg)

(http://www.robwood.net/Warships/battleships/Texas/turret-1/turret-breech-stbd_IMG_0131.jpg)

Title: Re: USS Texas (BB-35) Inside Turret 1 Gunhouse
Post by: BarryM on November 24, 2008, 11:11:28 am

I suspect that imagining what it was like in there with the guns firing only starts to give a picture.

Barry M

Title: Re: USS Texas (BB-35) Inside Turret 1 Gunhouse
Post by: Colin Bishop on November 24, 2008, 12:31:06 pm

That makes a very interesting comparison with the interior of the gun house of one of HMS Belfast's triple six inch mountings.