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Galveston class ships suffered from
serious stability problems caused by the
topweight of the
missile system. Indeed, the
Galveston class ships were more affected...
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Providence class ships suffered from
serious stability problems caused by the
topweight of the
missile system,
requiring the use of
ballast to
improve stability...
- removed,
while one mast was
removed and the
foremast shortened to
reduce topweight. On 9
April 1941,
following completion of the refit, Bath transferred...
- Oerlikons; the
central tube was
deleted from the
torpedo launchers to
lessen topweight.
Icarus lost 'Y' gun to stow
extra depth charges (for a
total load of...
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larger J-, K- and N-class hull to
allow for the
inevitable growth in
topweight. As they had
fewer main guns than the J, K and Ns, some
magazine space...
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turrets were very heavy,
which necessitated a low
freeboard to
reduce topweight and a
corresponding tendency to capsize. By the 1870s,
designers had shifted...
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warships (1600 – 1650)
there was a
general awareness that the
reduction in
topweight afforded by the
removal of
upperworks made
ships better sailers; Rear...
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announced by the ****anese. The designers, however, had overreached;
excessive topweight led to instability, and
gunnery trials revealed cracking hull welds. Hull...
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landing on deck. To
increase her
stability after the
addition of so much
topweight, the
upper portion of her anti-torpedo
bulge was enlarged. She completed...
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weight of
which dictated that they be low-freeboard
ships to
reduce their topweight. White, however,
argued strenuously for a high-freeboard
design to improve...
