03-23-2008, 12:40 PM
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Sample shots from main battery of USS New Jersey in Vietnam
Source is CINCPACFLT Analysis Staff Study 3-69 entitled "Main battery missions of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) and two 8" cruisers between September 1968 and February 1969" (31 July 1969) :
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4 Dec. 1968 : 5 salvos from Center Gun, Turret #1
* Target Range : 29,900 yards
* Std Dev IV : 31.2 fps
* Delta IV (Max vs. Min) : 76 fps
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (average) : 571 yards
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (max.) : 1,391 yards
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24 Dec. 1968 : 17 salvos from Right Gun, Turret #3
* Target Range : 35,000 yards
* Std Dev IV : 29.2 fps
* Delta IV (Max vs. Min) : 111 fps
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (average) : 642 yards
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (max.) : 2,442 yards
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24 Dec. 1968 : 6 salvos from Right Gun, Turret #3
* Target Range : 35,600 yards
* Std Dev IV : 31.8 fps
* Delta IV (Max vs. Min) : 86 fps
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (average) : 719 yards
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (max.) : 1,943 yards
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27 Dec. 1968 : 17 salvos from Center Gun, Turret #1
* Target Range : 29,900 yards
* Std Dev IV : 29.4 fps
* Delta IV (Max vs. Min) : 89 fps
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (average) : 538 yards
* Shell-to-shell range dispersion (max.) : 1,629 yards
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IV = Initial Velocity
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