Autodesk, Historic Preservation, US Navy

USS Iowa Project Evaluation

Pete was taken through one of the 16″/50 caliber turrets on the USS Iowa yesterday.  This site may make for an interesting project from a manufacturing and/or gaming point of view.  How would this turret be manufactured today?  Would a gaming company be interested in the data/model if we were to scan and model it?  Stay tuned!

Pete at the breech inside the gun house.
Pete at the breech inside the gun house.
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Turret 3, USS Iowa
turret
Turret assembly – all 5 decks.
The USS Iowa, “The Big Stick”
Pete down in the gun pit. The breech is overhead. The gun is elevated by the large jack screw

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