The Montana class capital ships.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Always heard that the guns on a battleship are so powerful they actually knock the ship back. Never seen one fire it’s guns, so not sure.

I was on another ship around a mile away. Not close enough to feel it, but damn sure close enough to hear it. That shit was loud. Saw the fireball when the gun went off, heard the BOOM a few seconds later.

I experienced a lot of cool things during in Navy days that I didn't really appreciate at the time. This definitely wasn't one of those. I'd been in only a few months when I saw that, and never saw it again.