How far could ship cannons fire?

Range could be up to 1500 yards, but the round shot quickly wandered in its trajectory, and was very hard to aim at extreme range. On a small ship, like a pirate vessel, guns were typically kept on the open deck, not on a specialized gun deck with gun ports.

What is the biggest cannon caliber?

Stone balls

Why was the conversion of the Iowa-class battleships never considered?

As Admiral Zumwalt wrote to one petty officer in 1973, conversion of the Iowa -class battleships had been considered and studied, but all had reached the same conclusion: the ships were too old, too manpower intensive, too expensive to operate, and too costly, especially in comparison to the new sea control ship design.

What was the Iowa -class interdiction ship?

Such was the Iowa -class interdiction/assault ship, a late-1970s proposal that would have transformed the four battleships into “battlecarriers”—one-ship power-projection force with a landing deck for short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft operations. The idea of adding a flight deck to a capital ship was not a new one.

Where was the radar on the Iowa class battleships?

They were located on the mainmast and forward fire-control tower of the battleships, respectively. As the war drew to a close, the United States introduced the SK-2 air-search radar and SG surface-search radar; the Iowa class was updated to make use of these systems between 1945 and 1952.

What kind of Guns does the USS Iowa have?

Main battery. Turrets. USS Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16 inch (406 mm)/50-caliber and six 5-inch (127 mm)/38-caliber guns during a target exercise. There are concussion effects on the water surface, and the 16-inch (406 mm) gun barrels are in varying degrees of recoil.