Author Topic: Name This...(307) (Read 253 times)

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2002, 12:11:34 AM »

Though its obviously a Fletcher class DD, next time please blank out the hull number.

DD445 Fletcher July, 18 1942.

Tracer-15 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2002, 12:14:22 PM »

also the third gun turret faceing foward among other things

laz · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2002, 03:53:42 PM »

brady · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2002, 07:12:19 PM »

USS Fletcher, it is:)

Pongo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2002, 10:40:37 PM »

Could the US have won the naval war against Japan with just destroyers?
The US built 73 or so modern DDs in the 30s.
Add up the Benson/Gleaves(96?)
the Fletchers(182?)
the Sumners(58?)

400 or so destroyers not counting the old ones and the Gearings which came on very late...

Fishu · « **Reply #6 on:** July 29, 2002, 12:19:35 AM »

Pongo,

You must remember that part of the DD's were assigned to atlantic

Pongo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2002, 12:35:28 AM »

Well all they needed where the 3-400 DEs in the atlantic... I didnt count them.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #8 on:** July 29, 2002, 02:34:50 AM »

Could the US have won the naval war against Japan with just destroyers?

Uhmm no.

But if Pearl Harbor had worked out for the Japanese and the CVs were there as well we might have had a chance to find out.....