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Sunday, November 14, 2021
Armor plates from WWII German battleship Tirpitz are still being used to cover roads in Oslo after being removed from the wreck near Tromsø, Norway.
Armor thickness varies depending upon which parts of a warship it's designed and installed to protect. For some examples: side belt armor is usually thicker than deck armor; main battery turret face armor is thicker than turret side armor, and the same applies to secondary battery turret armor; vital propulsion boiler and machinery spaces' armor is thicker than ancillary machinery spaces' armor. Some part of battleships, usually the foremost and aftermost sections, are relatively lightly armored or are unarmored.
Over in Algiers, across the river from New Orleans was Todd Johnson shipyard. As a kid I remember seeing every old street with ditches having on steel plates for the driveways. Most had rivet holes in various patterns. I don't think shipyards would be giving steel plate away any more.
yes, and low background steel is very valuable since the steel produced before atomic explosions, is obviously limited to what was in existence before august 1945
Krupp steel
ReplyDeleteI dunno, that looks pretty thin for battleship armor.
ReplyDeleteDiffering thicknesses of armor in diff. areas on any battlewagon....
DeleteArmor thickness varies depending upon which parts of a warship it's designed and installed to protect. For some examples: side belt armor is usually thicker than deck armor; main battery turret face armor is thicker than turret side armor, and the same applies to secondary battery turret armor; vital propulsion boiler and machinery spaces' armor is thicker than ancillary machinery spaces' armor. Some part of battleships, usually the foremost and aftermost sections, are relatively lightly armored or are unarmored.
DeleteOver in Algiers, across the river from New Orleans was Todd Johnson shipyard. As a kid I remember seeing every old street with ditches having on steel plates for the driveways. Most had rivet holes in various patterns.
ReplyDeleteI don't think shipyards would be giving steel plate away any more.
Low background steel.
ReplyDeleteyes, and low background steel is very valuable since the steel produced before atomic explosions, is obviously limited to what was in existence before august 1945
DeleteI cant believe they are using it for a roadplate.