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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3568678" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>I just learned something interesting. The USS Johnston displaced 2700 tons. Turret 2 on the USS New Jersey weighs 2200 tons.</p><p></p><p>That kind of gives you an idea of how far above their weight class the "Little Boys" were punching in the Battle off Samar, and why the skipper of the USS Samuel B. Roberts said:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think these two quotes found in <em>Last Stand Of the Tin Can Sailors</em> pretty well cover it:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3568678, member: 26737"] I just learned something interesting. The USS Johnston displaced 2700 tons. Turret 2 on the USS New Jersey weighs 2200 tons. That kind of gives you an idea of how far above their weight class the "Little Boys" were punching in the Battle off Samar, and why the skipper of the USS Samuel B. Roberts said: I think these two quotes found in [I]Last Stand Of the Tin Can Sailors[/I] pretty well cover it: [/QUOTE]
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