Talk:16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.7/@comment-27786739-20160417133608/@comment-25459687-20160419013739

additional details on earlier comments.

"Cdr (Rear Admiral, posthumously) Moriya Setsuji's destroyer NOWAKI flees the onslaught. Both American battleships - the fastest in the world - give chase at 32.5 knots. At 35,000 yards, NEW JERSEY and IOWA open fire and straddle NOWAKI with their first salvos. NOWAKI flees into the sun's glare, so at 38,000 yards both battleships fire under radar control. At 22 miles, these are the longest range shots ever fired by American battleships against an enemy vessel. At 39,000 yards, Admiral Spruance orders Cease Fire. NOWAKI escapes and eventually makes her way back to Yokosuka. "

http://www.combinedfleet.com/katori_t.htm

"Much credit must be given to IJN Nowaki's skipper,Commander Setsuji Moriya. Commander Dale of USS Bunker Hill was spotting fall of shot over IJN Nowaki & opined that "this was a real smart [destroyer] captain. As soon as he saw the belch of the 16 inchers, he changed course about 45 degrees & held it until the shells splashed, which were then well off in deflection, then he resumed his base course.""

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