Iowa Class BB

[EagleDNY]

If we are going to have a surface fleet, why not have the real thing?  I'd like to see the Baltimore Class punk-cruisers get replaced with a real battleship.  

Lets see that IOWA CLASS BB:
3 x Triple 16" Gun Mount
10 x Twin 5" Gun Mount
20 x Quad 40mm AA, 2 x Dual 40mm
47 x 20mm Single Mount

Now THAT's what you want supporting your amphibious invasion of an island base.  I'm getting tired of being able to just up a tiffie and wack the cruiser with a couple of 1000 lb bombs.  

The Yamato took 8 bombs and 10 torpedoes before sinking.  I don't know what we'd set an Iowa class BB to take before being destroyed, but it would make for one hell of a air-sea battle when that thing rolled up.  Might be interesting to be shelling inland bases with those 16" guns too!

EagleDNY

[RAIDER14]

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/bb-61.htm

[EagleDNY]

Somehow I don't think HT would give use the harpoon & tomahawk launchers

[RAIDER14]

or how bout a battleship like the Battleship Texas. The Texas served most of the WW2 theaters

here is the Battleship Texas's batttle record
http://www.battleshiptexas.org/wwii.htm

[Debonair]

I've never heard of P-40s or PV-2s being catapult launched from BBs

[KTM520guy]

+1 for battleships.

We need The Big MO

[Karnak]

Better yet, how about a Japanese BB task group.  We already have an American task group.

A Yamato class BB escorted by a Takao or two and a bunch of fast Japanese destroyers seems like a much more interesting addition to AH than more American ships.

Besides, don't you want to hit a base with nine 18" guns?

[Hornet33]

Any of the large BB's would be nice to see. Iowa class, Yamato, Bismark. Be nice to be able to man the 5" guns on the DD's also.

[KTM520guy]

The Yamato would be cool also.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g320000/g325953.jpg

[Krusty]

I'd like to see the true historical range for the big guns... They could fire shells beyond visual range -- up to 25 miles or so. I'd love to soften up a field from almost a sector away while the fleet moves closer.

I'd also love a rangefinder too, but that's just me.

[CAV]

Why not add a surface battle group?

BB's and CA's in a line of battle, we have some great ship gunners..

And maybe it would keep guys from parking the CV's right next to a base...  and getting it killed.

CAVALRY

[Grits]

I vote yes for a Yamato (or even Nagato, Kongo, Ise, Fuso, any IJN BB) task force.

[Widewing]

Since we are discussing the Yamatos, take a look at the first image below. The Navy says the battleship to the left is either the Musashi or the Yamato. Well, it's the Musashi as she is down by the bows (bow low in the water), just as shown in the second photo. You would think they would have put this together by now....





My regards,

Widewing

[Karnak]

Thanks for the photos Widewing.

An Iowa task group would be the nastier package (unless you were the base being shelled), but either would be both incredibly nasty compared to the task group we have and insanely tougher.  Neither the Musashi nor the Yamato went down easy and the Iowas would be nearly as tough with more intense AA fire.

Either way, Iowa or Yamato, if they ever do add one, I can't wait to hear the screams the first time somebody lets a BB task group get within good range of a CV task group.  You know that it will happen in AH, even though no fleet carrier ever came under BB fire in WWII.

Here is an artist's rendition of Yamato's death fight:

[Jester]

I'd settle on being able to man the 5 inch and 40mm's on the Destroyers in the fleet.