My Lord, we are an old bunch! Jacky Fisher might have been the biggest
proponent of H.M.S. Dreadnought, but it was Percy Scott who figured out
how to get some use out of the thing, (Father of modern naval gunnery),
and Admiral Lord Jellicoe, the only man capable of forfeiting W.W. I in
a single battle, and made sufficient impression at Jutland, (no help from
Beatty), turning a slight tactical defeat into a strategic victory, (the
German
Fleet never again dared sail again). The U.S.S. BB was not exactly based
on contemporary Dreadnoughts. I vaguely recall reading that we were earlier
in converting to oil due to the distances our Fleet needed to travel, and we
were first at eliminating casement guns which were a hold-over in the R.N..
from wooden ships of the line, (as these had a rather limited field of fire).
W.G.L.,III (long, long ago U.S.N.)
At 08:55 PM 4/21/99 -0400, toad wrote:
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>And don't forget the American warship is still a Jackie Fisher design.
>Who was Jackie Fisher?
>Anybody know??
>
>Toad
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