Ship types

[Karnak]

I actually think for 8" guns they work too good. It looks like the damage 16's would make.

Erm, no, not really.

[maus92]

how come we got no 16" guns?? werent they around in WWII? 8" guns are barely an oversized varmint rifle! 

Carrier groups didn't normally travel with battleships armed with 14-16."  CV escorts were usually light or heavy cruisers, and destroyers.

[Rino]

     The US Navy sure did from mid-war on.  Both for AAA and protection against the Combined Fleet.

Heck, here is a shot with both US and RN battleships with a CV.



     Come to think of it, the Royal Navy and the IJN used BB escorts for their CV battlegroups.  If you
had a BB available, you more than likely would use it to protect your thin skinned carriers.

[maus92]

Yea, as soon as I pressed the send button, I realized that I should have qualified my statement to early war.  In fact, pre-war strategy was to separate the CV from battleships (the battle fleet) for their own protection from plunging fire from the enemy's battle fleet.  In the later war years, the US was assaulting island chains which combined airpower for air superiority and tactical strikes, and battleship guns for shore bombardment.  BTW the photo looks like a post war shot.

[sparow]

Oh, how I would like to have a couple of big battleships roaming around AH seas... CV hunting...

Btw, we should be able to fire the destroyers torpedos. Especially in those close fleet drive-by shootouts!

It's a pity naval warfare in AH is so incipient.

So much to do and so little time...

Cheers,

[Rino]

Yea, as soon as I pressed the send button, I realized that I should have qualified my statement to early war.  In fact, pre-war strategy was to separate the CV from battleships (the battle fleet) for their own protection from plunging fire from the enemy's battle fleet.  In the later war years, the US was assaulting island chains which combined airpower for air superiority and tactical strikes, and battleship guns for shore bombardment.  BTW the photo looks like a post war shot.

     If you want I can find pictures earlier than that one.  August 16 isn't exactly like 1950 ya know  

TF 58 at Truk



     Iowa class from my home state 

[Ack-Ack]

The destroyers are Fletchers, although they're a little off in terms of the AA fits.

Early war Fletchers only carried a single twin 40mm between turrets 3 and 4, 2x20mm on each side on the main deck below the after torpedo tubes, and 2x20mm in tubs just aft of turret 2. Some added a second 40mm twin to the fantail where the 3x20mm are presently.

After late '43, Fletchers started appearing with 3x20mm on the fantail, a 40mm twin between turret 3 and 4, 2x20mm on the waist positions, 2x40mm twins between the stacks, and 2x40mm twin in the forward tubs.

By late war, many ships were receiving Emergency AA fits. This replaced single 20mm with twins, so 6x20mm on the fantail, 8x20mm on the waists. The twin midship 40mm MkI mounts were replaced with quad 40mm MkII mounts between the funnels, and the forward torpedo tubes were landed and replaced with a FCD platform. The twin 40mm between turret 3 and 4, and the forward tub MkI 40mm were retained.

J

According to the Destroyer History website Fletcher Class destroyers were all commissioned with the 5"/38 cal gun that replaced the single mount 5 inch gun that was originally slated for the Fletcher Class ships.


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[SuBWaYCH]

Something that I would like to see incorporated into Aces High overtime is fun naval combat so historical setups can be more accurate. The ships themselves would not be that hard to model.

Some fun ships:
Alaska Class BC
Scharnhorst Class BC (the alaska and scharnhorst class ships are some of the most beautiful ever created imho, especially when the bow of the scharnhorst was redesigned)

Admiral Hipper class CAs's
Kongo class BC's
North Carolina class BB's
Iowa class BB's
Bismark class BB's

I could get into lighter cruisers and destroyers but the list would be to long

[BaldEagl]

Here's an idea I posted some time ago in the Wishlist.  I still wish something like this would happen.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,267254.0.html