Originally posted by zraver
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So the USS Washington made an end run and came up with Karishima perfectly silouhetted against the fires of SD and other ships in the battles and at nearly point blank range laid in broadsides. From both sides of the ship with all main and secondary batteries.
I met a man a few years ago who built a beautiful 1:96 scale model of Washington (I was fortunate enough to find the boat and airplane crane plans for him so it was made out of photo-etched brass). He was also a gunners-mate aboard Washington then in a 5"/38 mount and he said the Captain deliberately turned the ship so secondary mounts from BOTH sides could have credit for bringing down a Japanese Battleship with (for all practical purposes) no help from any other ship.
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