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Yeah, tanks are extremely compact, punch through their armor and the shell is almost certainly going to hit something vital, like the engine, the crew, or the ammo bin. Ships contain vast volumes of relatively empty space, punch through one's armor and you're as likely to hit a crew quarters, a...

An Abrams could most certainly hit a ship at 1.6 nautical miles, that's 3,240 yards, within the range they expect to land hits on other tanks, much less something as large as a ship. They may not get good penetration with it, because the L44 is a much smaller gun than modern Abrams use, and was...

Does it have to punch through the Warship's armor belt or is, like, breaking a bridge window still damage? More seriously, this is probably easy to get a good calc on. Rolled Homogenous Steel was what they predominantly used on ships in those days and also what an Abram's main gun is measured...