What's Wrong with this Picture?

[barbarrossa]

I'll jump on the "what is it?" bandwagon.
I was in Turret 2 during this shoot -- actually filling the role of turret officer before they wised up and put a real 0 in there.

So, what's wrong with this picture?[;)]

[Mike Scholl]

We don't have the matching downrange photo of those "bricks" arriving?

[barbarrossa]

Nope.

But everyone should see what a HC 16" .50 round looks like through a turret rangefinder when it hits the beach [:D].

Actually, there's something on the ship that's not quite right.

This is actually the big promo pic from from our first shoot.

[rockmedic109]

Looks like a French or Dutch flag below the port side crossbar of the mast.

[barbarrossa]

That's the red pennant telling other ships that we are conducting live fire from the port side.

French?! Perish the thought mon ami![:D]

[JeffroK]

Its a bloody small BB

[m10bob]

My cousin Tim was on the New Jersey..He told me it is very dangerous to be on the deck when the big guns are firing.
Looks like people are out there??

[barbarrossa]

The rule at the time I was aboard was O-5 level and above you could be out on the weather deck to watch.

I think they relaxed that during Desert Storm because I've seen pictures with knuckleheads in the foreground during shoots.

This may be too hard a "what is it", but I'll leave it up a while and see if someone can get it.[:)]

[Mike Scholl]

Has the Fire Control Radar been "blacked out"?

[Cap Mandrake]

It looks like the anchors aren't symmetric? Perhaps someone forgot to put enough duct tape on one?

[dtravel]

This ship is level? Shouldn't it be listing at least a little with multiple barrels firing at once like that? For that matter did they ever fire all those barrels at once?

[Terminus]

Actually, it seems to be listing a little bit into the direction of fire.

[Sneer]

i'm surprised ship fires full salvos
I'd expect that that was 1 full salvo for camera

[Terminus]

Hmm, interesting... I was going to attach this picture below to show another full broadside, but it seems the NJ is only firing six out of nine barrels here?

[Sneer]

on the first photo all barrels shoot
i think here is clue to the question

[RevRick]

IIRC, the Navy stopped firing all of the guns at the same instant in a broadside, and timed them to all fire within a very short time, something like within a second or two. It puts less stress on the ships framing than firing everything at once.

[Mark VII]

She doesn't appear to be moving?

[String]

The first turret doesn't seem to have the directors on it? Or whatever those nice boxes on the sides are at the back end fo the turret.

[DBS]

The focsle seems too short, even allowing for the foreshortening effect of the angle of view... May just be an optical illusion.

[Curty]

ORIGINAL: barbarrossa

I'll jump on the "what is it?" bandwagon.
I was in Turret 2 during this shoot -- actually filling the role of turret officer before they wised up and put a real 0 in there.

So, what's wrong with this picture?[;)]

It needs some OOOMPH!!!



THATS BETTER[&o][:D]