Is the ship that leads the TG a Battleship or a Crusier?

[Beefcake]

For a little backeground info, a knight player by the name of Zeroping and myself have had a long standing argurment over what class that ship is that leads the TG. He keeps saying its a "BS", BS being his term for Battleship....even though I keep saying battleships were classed as "BB"s not "BS". Anyway he keeps saying that it's a Battleship....I keep saying it's a crusier. However these last weeks I have begun to think I am wrong.  
So...is the ship that leads the TGs a Battleship or a Crusier?  I always thought it was a Baltimore class CA. Am I wrong?

[Staga]

Cruiser.

[Tac]

Its a cruiser. Notice the gun caliber of the main guns.

[Pongo]

It is a US Heavy Cruiser. 8" guns.

[Staga]

Here is USS Boston, Baltimore class heavy cruiser.

[Otto]

Yes, as many above has said, it's a Baltimore class heavy cruiser (CA).  Probablity the finest Heavy Cruiser ever designed.  I'll go out on a limb and say that none was ever lost in combat.  They stayed in service with the USN for may years after WWII.  They were also the first ships in the USN to be converted to Missile Defense.  I think the rocket was called the Tartar.
    Finally, as a touch of class, all Baltimore's had Teak wood decks

[cajun]

Really? I always thought it was a battleship too...

[Pongo]

Well you take one then.. Ill take Des Moines.
And very few major US units commisioned in late 43 or later where lost in the war.  Did Baltimores ever participate in a surface action?

[Hangtime]

Indianapolis was lost to a sub. I believe CA's were in the Phillipine Sea fight against Japanese heavy fleet units.

[Beefcake]

Indianapolis was an NC class battleship....wasn't it?

[Widewing]

Originally posted by Beefcake
Indianapolis was an NC class battleship....wasn't it?

You're thinking of the Indiana, which was a South Dakota class BB. BTW, the Indianapolis was a Heavy Cruiser (CA), but not a Baltimore class. She predates WWII.

My regards,

Widewing

[Beefcake]

I stand corected.

[Joker312]

Originally posted by Otto
Yes, as many above has said, it's a Baltimore class heavy cruiser (CA).  Probablity the finest Heavy Cruiser ever designed.  I'll go out on a limb and say that none was ever lost in combat.  They stayed in service with the USN for may years after WWII.  They were also the first ships in the USN to be converted to Missile Defense.  I think the rocket was called the Tartar.
    Finally, as a touch of class, all Baltimore's had Teak wood decks

The missle system your thinking of was called Talos. Tartars were deployed later and were initally only used on DDG's and FFG's. They have since evolved into the Standard family we have today on all SAM equiped surface combatants. There was a third SAM family way back in the 50's and 60's, It was the Terrier. Terrier was mostly deployed on new build DDG's and CG's.

Joker

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by Beefcake
Indianapolis was an NC class battleship....wasn't it?

Cruisers are named after cities and battle wagons are named after states.

It would be an unusual (not unheard of mind you) for a battle ship to be part of a task force.

BTW, the projectiles for the New Jersey's guns weighed over a ton (2200 pounds is the figure I remember.)  When the gun was fired, you could watch the projectile move through the air.  When they were gettting ready to take the NJ to Vietnam, they sunk a small island as target practice.

curly

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Well you americans seem to build pretty crappy cruisers and cv's if 2 strafe runs from a 110 will sink both of them.

Must be ze german zuper 30mm that penetrates 6 inches of steel.