请问铁公爵兄指的可是楚克岛那次战斗?(1943年2月16日)http://www.nettally.com/~wright/navyard1.html
USS Iowa and USS New Jersey first got to show their capabilities in action for the first time off Truk Lagoon against Japanese shipping on 16 February 1943. Admiral Ramond Spruance flew his flag onboard New Jersey ( task group 50.9) during this engagement. The two Iowas were supported by the heavy cruisers Minneapolis ( CA-36) and New Orleans (CA-32) and four destroyers. New Jersey opened the carnage by utterly smiting the minesweeping trawler, Shonan Maru No.15 with just her port side five inch battery. Iowa contuned the massacre by engaging the light cruiser IJN Katori. If there ever was a miss match of ships, this is it. Katori couldn't fight back even if she tried too much less run away, ( 18 knots top speed vs Iowa 30 knots plus for Iowa! )
Iowa fired 46 sixteen inch HC ( high capacity, not armor pearcing rounds) and 124 five inch projectiles at Katori straddling the cruiser with all eight salvos. Just after the fourth salvo, the cruiser shuttered and started to list to port. She sank stern first, after being under fire for only eleven minutes.
New Jersey engaged the destroyer Maikaze at 7,000 yards sinking her. The last remaining destroyer Nowaki fled the mass carnage, and both Iowas gave chase The fastest battleships in the world opened up their throttles and worked up to 32.5 knots. Both battleships opened fire at 35,000 yards and straddled the Nawaki on the first salvos but the escaping destoyers was fleeing into the sun glare and haze. At 38,000 yards both ships were firing under full radar control. At 39,000 years Admiral Spruance ordered cease fire. At 22 miles these were the longest range shots ever fired by US Battleships against enemy vessel. The Nowaki would escape but would not survive Leyte Gulf.
出自The Iowa Class Battleships这本书,应该是真实记录,一会找找有没有其它证据支持。 |