This is going to send me down a wikipedia rabbit hole, isn't it?
On D day the USS Texas couldn't physically elevate the guns any higher in their mounts to lob the shells at German positions as they retreated further from the ocean. So they intentionally took on water on one side of the ship, elevating the other side, and enabling the guns to shoot further.
*due to being so old she lacked the elevation and range of the other ships also participating.
That's amazing
Tomorrow's TIL by Picard Maneuver
I thought this was !noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works for a second there.
I mean, it was apparently completely credible.
I've always wandered if the Captain or other Senior Officer had that idea in their back pocket just waiting for an excuse to use it.
Sounds like a damn Sabaton song
I wish. Hope there's something with them when she leaves drydock for Galveston.
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