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Nathan Okun Naval Gun/Armor Resource
Robert Lundgren Historical Resource
International Naval Research Organization (INRO) Articles
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Newest Entries
British Frigate Types - Tony DiGiulian  01 October 2013
Speed Thrills V - A. Stephen Toby  23 June 2011
R2D2 with Attitude:  The Story of the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) - Robert H. Stoner  30 October 2009
Proximity Fuze - What does "VT" Mean? - Tony DiGiulian  21 April 2009

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History
USN Ship Designations - Guy Derdall and Tony DiGiulian
Problems with the Mini-Submarine at Pearl Harbor Theory - Joseph Czarnecki and Tony DiGiulian
Were Armored Flight Decks on British Carriers Worthwhile? - Stuart Slade and Richard Worth
Kamikaze Damage to US and British Carriers - Tony DiGiulian
Analysis of the Battle of Dong Hoi - Stuart Slade
The Battle of Dong Hoi - Alternative Views - Larry Rouse and William W. Berry
Destruction of the Bismarck - Stuart Slade
The Crack in Missouri's Barbette III - R. A. Landgraff
Do Battleships move sideways when they fire? - R. A. Landgraff and Greg Locock
Naming of Warships in the Imperial Japanese Navy - William Lise
German Radar in World War II - Erwin F. Sieche
Speed Thrills I - Fastest Battleships? - Tony DiGiulian
Speed Thrills II - Max Speed of the Iowa Class Battleships - Tony DiGiulian
Speed Thrills III - Max speed of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers - Stuart Slade
Speed Thrills IV - Bob Clarke
The Working Environment for German Warship Design in World War I and World War II - Peter Lienau
The Working Environment for German Submarine Design in World War II - Peter Lienau
Longest Gunfire Hit on an Enemy Warship - Tony DiGiulian
What if the Japanese had not Attacked Pearl Harbor?  - Michael Snyder
The Effectiveness of Japanese Torpedo Strategy - Joseph Czarnecki
Performance of US Battleships at Surigao Strait - Joseph Czarnecki
"N-squared Law" - Joseph Czarnecki
"What did the USN know about Yamato and when?" - Joseph Czarnecki
A Survey of US Ships Transferred to Britain in Exchange for Western Hemisphere Basing Rights - Joseph Czarnecki with Tony DiGiulian
The Philadelphia Experiment - Tony DiGiulian and Stuart Slade
Naval Warship Museums:  Problems and Potentials - Robert St. Jaques
What caused "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?" - Bob Henneman
Naval Limitation Treaties of the 1920s and 1930s - Tony DiGiulian
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Ship Design and Construction
Kort Nozzles and Ducted Propellers - Stuart Slade
Understanding Block Coefficients - Stuart Slade
Skeg Design - Stuart Slade
Ship's Covers - Stuart Slade
Towing Tank Tests - Stuart Slade
Metacentric Height - Stuart Slade
Shake, Rattle and Roll (Vibration in ships) - Stuart Slade
Understanding the Prismatic Coefficient - Stuart Slade
Big Propellers - Stuart Slade
Designing a Ship - Stuart Slade
Designing a Propeller - Stuart Slade
Shafting a Ship - Stuart Slade
Effects of Water Depth on Speed Trials - Stuart Slade
The Japanese Ise and Hyuga Hybrid Battleship-Carriers - Stuart Slade
British vs. French Shipbuilding - Stuart Slade and Peter Lienau
German Power Plants in World War II  - Peter Lienau
Stagger Step Welding - R. A. Landgraff
Full Speed Ahead and Crash Stops on Iowa Battleships - R. A. Landgraff
How do you "weigh" a ship? - Al Wellman and Caspar Vermeulen
Why one thick deck is better than two thin ones - Daniel (Cen) Mercer
A Design Criteria for the Optimization of Naval Transverse Bulkheads - Ian Raymond
Nuclear vs. Conventional Marine Power Plants - Al Minyard
Steam Plants  - Michael Snyder
"All or Nothing" Protection - Joseph Czarnecki
The Concept of the Immunity Zone - Joseph Czarnecki
Turboelectric Drive in American Capital Ships - Joseph Czarnecki
A Survey of the American Standard Type Battleship - Joseph Czarnecki
Torpedo Defense Systems - Joseph Czarnecki
Fuel Consumption and Efficiencies in Primemovers of 1920 - Greg Locock
Size of British and US destroyers of the 1930s-40s - Tony DiGiulian
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Weapons and Weapon Technology
Definitions and Information about Naval Guns - Tony DiGiulian
Air Defense - Stuart Slade/Larry/Andy Pico
Mine Warfare - Stuart Slade
Radar Frequency Band Designations - Stuart Slade
Radars - Nathan Okun
The Effects of Underwater Explosions - Nathan Okun
Underwater Projectile Hits - Nathan Okun
How Shell Fuzes Work - Nathan Okun
US Armor Plate Types and German Naval Projectiles - Nathan Okun
Defeating Face-Hardened Armor - Nathan Okun
Fire Control and Fire Control on the Prinz Eugen - Nathan Okun
Ballistic Tests on the IJN Shinano's Turret Face Armor - Nathan Okun
The Armor Thickness Necessary to Decap an APC Projectile - Nathan Okun
Decapping Revisited - Nathan Okun
Projectile AP Caps - Nathan Okun
Notes on Modern Armor - Nathan Okun
Kirishima's hit on South Dakota - Nathan Okun
Projectile Designs of the French and Italian Navies - Nathan Okun
Propellant in World War I and World War II - Wee Dave and Nathan Okun
Projectile Dynamics - Bill Jurens
Shell Aerodynamics 101 - Matt Ossip
How to Hide a Task Force - Andy Pico
The Mark 51 FCS - Gene Slover
Selsyn and Synchro Devices - Gene Slover
The Mark 1 Fire Control Computer - Gene Slover
Roll, Pitch and Yaw - Fire Control Problems and Mark 1/1A Solutions - Gene Slover
Fire Control Systems in World War II - Tony DiGiulian
Calculating crh - Tony DiGiulian
Pounders! - Tony DiGiulian
US Naval Gun Production During World War I - Tony DiGiulian
US Naval Gun Mount Production During World War II - Tony DiGiulian
Muzzle Flash - Tony DiGiulian
The British High Altitude Control System (HACS) - Tony DiGiulian
Naval Propellants - A Brief Overview - Tony DiGiulian
Why Magazines are Refrigerated - Al Wellman
The British 16"/45 Mark I Gun and Mounting - Terry Duncan
German Turret Designations - Peter Lienau
German Optical Rangefinders - Peter Lienau
Crosley's Secret War Effort - The Proximity Fuze - Ed Jennings
The U.S. Merchant Marine Civilian Warships of World War II and their Armament - James V. Shannon
Post-World War II Acoustic ASW Torpedo Development - James V. Shannon
Overview of USN and IJN Warship Ballistic Computer Design - Bradley Fischer
Sympathetic Detonation of 16"/50 HC Projectiles - Michael M. Swisdak, Jr. and Francis B. Porzel
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Contributor Biographies
Joseph Czarnecki
Richard A. Landgraff
Allan D. Minyard
Nathan Okun
Andy Pico
Stuart Slade
Al Wellman
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This page last updated on 01 October 2013