USS Iowa Broadside (1984)

A broadside is the side of a ship; the battery of cannon on one side of a warship; or their simultaneous (or near simultaneous) fire in naval warfare. The Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) firing off of Puerto Rico, Public domain photo (# DN-ST-85-05379 (Color)) from history. ... The Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) firing off of Puerto Rico, Public domain photo (# DN-ST-85-05379 (Color)) from history. ... USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy, but second to be commissioned, to be named in honor of the 29th state. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ... A small cast-iron cannon on a carriage A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... Naval warfare is combat in and on seas and oceans. ...

Additionally, the term broadside is a measurement of a vessels maximum simultaneous firepower that can be delivered upon a single target, due to the fact that this concentration is usually obtained by firing a broadside. This is calculated by multiplying the shell weight of the ship's main armament shells times the number of barrels that can be brought to bear. In cases where some turrets are incapable of fire to either side of the vessel, only the maximum number of barrels that can fire to one side or the other are counted. For example, the American battleship Iowa ships a main armament of nine 16 inch main guns in turrets that can all be trained to a single broadside. Each 16 inch shell weighs 2700 pounds, which when multiplied times the nine barrels equals a total of 24,300 pounds. Thus, the Iowa has a broadside of 12 tons, the weight of shells that she can theoretically land on a target in a single firing. See list of broadsides of major World War II ships for a comparison. HMS Victory in 1884 In naval warfare, a battleship was the most powerful gun-armed, most heavily armored and most effective type of warship at any particular time. ... USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy, but second to be commissioned, to be named in honor of the 29th state. ... The list of broadsides of major World War II ships is a comparative listing ranking the broadside weight of major vessels in service during World War II. Listed are the broadside in pounds, as well as the range to which it can be fired in yards and the average rate...