Okey dokey! What class of warship were constructed with what is considered by many to be the most advanced wooden shipbuilding techniques ever devised? The answer may not be as intuitive as you might think. Das Butts
I was going to say the YMS, but after further research, I came up with the AM 480 and AM 481, built by the Astoria Marine Construction Company of Portland, Oregon.
Avenger class MCM. The latest iteration of wood US minesweepers. They are made from multiple layers of different types of wood. The layers are directional and run in different directions. In addition there is fiberglass sandwiched in-between the layers. The 224ft hull can take a 3ft deflection without losing watertight integrity. It is pretty impressive IMHO. Das Bütts Who ever has a good one can go next as far as I'm concerned
Ah. I was looking for fully-wooden hulled ships, not wood-fibreglass composite. That's an amazing amount of force it can withstand without failing, makes you wonder why we don't build aircraft that way. I wouldn't like to be anywhere near the outer hull when it deflects that much, though. You'd be paste.
I was right next to it when 150lbs of plastic explosive went off 800yds away. Practice detonation by EOD. It was crazy. You felt it in your insides. Das Butts
I was stationed on an Aggressive class minesweeper, USS Inflict (MSO-456) during the Tanker Wars in the Gulf. We killed 10 mines during my tour. That poor old boat leaked like a sib,
We were the first class of british warships designed to carry aircraft, but had to offload them whenever our 14" guns were fired, to avoid damaging them.
HMS Canada was the first British ship I know of with 14" guns, and it was around during the period of flying-off platforms on turrets. That's my official guesstimate.
Bingo! The were the first warship the Brits built which were designed to carry aircraft: in this case, seaplanes. Didn't work too well though, the seaplanes had to be hung over the opposite side from the muzzle blast or be severely damaged. You're up, J
