Drivable Destroyer

[JV44]

Hello all...

Maybe the fighter aces now brake out in a lough attack...  

But I want a drivable destroyer for naval operations....

I mean you can use it for to protect your port and carrier group, but also make a amphibios landing and give air cover to your forces when go for shore....

Maybe I want this because Im a bad fighter pilot lol...

But anyway, some of you also would like to be a destroyer captain???

Cheers

JV44  

[brady]

This is what u nead   :)Ise, converted Battleship, capable of carying 22 asorted aircraft, and packing a BIG punch

     

Laid down 10th May 1915
Launched 12th November 1916
Completed N/A
Commissioned 15th December 1917
Fate Sunk:
28th July 1945 at Kure, Japan
Builders Kawasaki
Japan
Complement As built:
1360
Refit #1:
1376
Refit #2:
1463
Dimensions
Displacement As built:
31260 tons std
36500 tons max
Refit #1:
35800 tons std
39535 tons max
Refit #2:
35350 tons std
38065 tons max
Dimensions As built:
675' x 94'
Refit #1:
708' x 104'
Refit #2:
720' 6" x 104"
Draught As built:
29'
Refit #1:
30'
Refit #2:
29' 6"
Armament
Main guns As built:
12 x 14" (6 x 2)
Refit #1:
8 x 14" (4 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
20 x 5.5" (20 x 1)
Refit #1:
16 x 5.5" (16 x 1)
Refit #2:
16 x 5" (8 x 2)
Torpedo tubes As built:
6 x 21"Refit #1:
None
Other weapons As built:
4 x 3" (4 x 1)
Refit #1:
10 x 5" (5 x 2)
20 x 25mm
Refit #2:
57 x 25mm
1944:
104 x 25mm
6 x 5" AA rocket launchers
Countermeasures None
Armour As built:
Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 1.2" - 3"
Barbettes: 8" - 12"
Turrets: 8" - 12"

Refit #1:
Belt: 4" - 12"
Deck: 3.8" - 7"
Barbettes: 8" - 12"
Turrets: 8" - 12"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft As built:
None
Refit #1:
3 x Nakajima 95 seaplanes
Refit #2:
22 various
Flightdeck As built:
None
Refit #2:
N/A
Hangar As built:
None
Refit #1:
N/A
Catapults As built:
None
Refit #1:
1
Refit #2:
None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel As built:
None
Refit #1:
N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar As built:
None
Refit #2:
Type 21
Sonar N/A
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines As built:
24 x boilers
4 x Curtis steam turbines
Refit #1:
8 x boilers
4 x Kampon steam turbines
Power output As built:
45000shp
Refit #1:
80000shp
Speed As built:
23kts
Refit #1:
25kts
Shafts 4
Range N/A
Fuel N/A
Ises first refit was between 1935 and 1937. Her part conversion to aircraft carrier took place between March and September 1943. A full air group was never carried. Immobilised due to fuel shortages, she was sunk by US aircraft.After the war, she was raised and scrapped.

Last altered : 15th June 1999

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[ 08-26-2001: Message edited by: brady ]

[ 08-26-2001: Message edited by: brady ]

[Buzzbait]

S!

I agree.  A destroyer that you can maneuver independently is manageable by one person.  A Cruiser or a Battleship really isn't, and these types of Capital ships were always accompanied by other vessels.

Destroyers were used for close support in invasions, for hunting small convoys, and escorting the same.

The German navy kept most of its big vessels in port throughout the war, but its destroyers were operating in the English Channel as late as the summer of 1944.

There were many clashes between Allied destroyers and German ones.

I think the existing Task Force can be modified fairly easily to create Battleship Task Forces, and Cruiser Task Forces.  They should operate in much the same way as the existing TF's.

If AH ever gets Subs, then you could have the Destroyer vs Sub duel.

Although in my opinion, a Sub will be very difficult to simulate, and I doubt it would be popular.   Just takes too long to get anywhere, and would likely spend most of its time sitting and waiting for a target to come along so it can ambush it.  The Subs are too slow to catch anything.  Perhaps they can be spawned at sea, near Convoy routes.

[-tronski-]

Perhaps something a little smaller than a destroyer, like a Corvette.
Might be more suitable for convoy escorts or something similar.

I'd agree that Subs would be very difficult to game.

HMCS Snowberry K166,  May '43

 

 Tronsky
 486 Sqn (NZ),"Hiwa hau Maka"