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What's your favorite allied naval combatant?
Mine is the USS Oklahoma BB-37 :)
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/013716.jpg)
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My favorite battleship:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/USS_Washington_BB-56.jpg)
"Washington is . . . one of two US modern battleships to fight in a battleship duel, which was the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. . . . Washington is also the only one of her contemporaries to sink an enemy battleship in warfare, Imperial Japan's Kirishima."
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The Mighty Mo', JUST 'CAUSE!
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(http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/Alaska.JPG)
I've got a thing for cruisers...especially battlecruisers.
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My favorite CV:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Uss_enterprise_cv6.jpg)
The USS Enterprise (CV-6), one of the most-honored ships (including with 20 battle stars) in the history of the US Navy.
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My favorite cruiser:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29.jpg)
The USS Houston (CA-30), and the topic of an excellent book: SHIP OF GHOSTS The Story of the USS Houston, FDR’s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors, by Hornfischer.
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(http://www.american.edu/ted/ice/images4/Nimitzcarrier.jpg)
MY FAV /\ hehe
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My favorite destroyer:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/USSJohnstonDD557.jpg)
The USS Johnston (DD-557), one of the participants in the Battle Off Samar with Taffy 3 (another excellent Hornfischer book: Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors).
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
(http://www.compass.dircon.co.uk/Alaska.JPG)
I've got a thing for cruisers...especially battlecruisers.
That the Alaska?
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Yup.
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USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) Sailed onboard her halfway around the world and back. Med cruise 2001 and came back in 2002 through 2003.
(http://www.vhtrc.org/album2003/leg912.jpg)
Then of course my first ship. USCGC Scioto (WLR-65504) based out of Keokuk Iowa on the Mississippi River. I know it's small but she's 65ft 4 inches so she's considered a cutter. I was onboard from Dec 1992 till Nov 1994. Great crew of 13 guys. We worked hard and played even harder. BMC Mike Ritchie was the OINC during my tour and was the best Chief I ever had the honor of serving with. Every Chief I have worked for since I meassured against him and none have quite lived up to his standards. That man made a huge impression in my life and really taught me what it means to be a leader.
Go figure, can't find a picture of that ship anywhere on the net. Anyway it's USCGC Scioto (WLR-65504) and we pushed CGB-99002. That's the work barge.
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HMS Prince of Wales
She had a short, but very important service. She engaged and inflicted decisive damage on Bismark even before being fully completed. She carried Prime Minister Churchill to the Atlantic Conference with President Roosevelt and she fought the hopeless fight of old weapons against new at her death.
HMS Prince of Wales and USS McDougal at the Atlantic Conference of Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt:
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Sunday service on the HMS Prince of Wales at the Atlantic Conderence:
(http://members.arstechnica.com/x/karnak/24471.jpg)
HMS Prince of Wales departing Singapore on her final voyage:
(http://members.arstechnica.com/x/karnak/800px-HMS_Prince_Of_Wales_in_Singapore.jpg)
As she steamed north from Singapore on December 9th, 1941 in company of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse the Cabinet met to decide what to do with her. They had pretty much settled on having her turn south and, via Australia, join up with the US Pacific Fleet to combat the Japanese, but decided to sleep on it. They awoke on December 10th to the news that HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse had been sunk by Japanese aircraft, the first capital ships sunk by aircraft while defending themselves and underway in the open ocean. She was the last active, Allied capital ship in the western Pacific in 1941.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill later said of this event, “In all of the war I have never received a more direct shock."
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(http://carol_fus.tripod.com/Pic_1.jpg)
And a very interestig read: http://carol_fus.tripod.com/navy_hero_alvin_grahn.html
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BB-64
(http://www.usswisconsin.org/Pictures/Big%20Guns/035%201988-91%2097207.JPG)
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(http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/1797/Victory/images/victory.jpg)
(http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/1797/Victory/images/galleries.jpg)
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Hey ball!
Nice Pics of my fine city. We used to go on school trips there and poke fun at the French kids as the tour guide painted a very good picture of the battle!
:)
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(http://www.knmskjold.org/images/kamo.jpg)
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sank on its maiden voyage .....
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/1080_1176199945_vassa.jpg)
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All cool.
A friend of mine is planning a tour to Portsmouth & Plymouth, looking at naval stuff. All help appreciated, since planning is starting (Trip will be in October, and I might be with him).
So, suggestions? Must see?
And my favourite WW2 Allied combat ship....hmm.
This one. Very good gunnery ;)
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g600000/g633883.jpg)
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The Dockyard has the victory, mary rose, hms warrior and musuem.
http://www.flagship.org.uk/
There is also a submarine museum at gosport where u can walk around one.
http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/about%20us/about.htm
I will be staying well clear of any smelly fishy type looking norsemen looking for directions!
Bruv
~S~
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bah, my image got borked.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i132/republicofpepsi/013716.jpg)
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Lots of favorites But this one is special
USS Pasadena CL-65
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g230000/g237944.jpg)
Mostly because my father in law served on that ship as a gunners mate in WWII
Also got to witness first hand the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay
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North Carolina
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/img/BB/BB-55_NorthCarolina.gif)
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g270000/g276619.jpg)
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The ship My grandfather did his military service.
Sorry, this is not allied ship. :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_coastal_defence_ship_Ilmarinen
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Varusteet/PanssarilaivaIlmarinen.jpg)
(http://koti.mbnet.fi/~karsikas/psl/ilmarinen-tulittaa.jpg)
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If we're talking Cold War, there's no doubt for me:
USS Bunker Hill, The Sword of the Fleet.
(http://www.bunker-hill.navy.mil/images/IMG_2683.jpg)
From WWII though;
HMS Warspite.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/HMS_Warspite_%28Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship%29.jpg)
-Sik
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no real favorites I can think of, but these two one of my brother-in-laws served on
USS Independence
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/CVA-62_Independence_1970s.jpg)
USS George Washington
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/GWCarrier.jpg)
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"Flower" Class Corvette.
http://www.hobbyworldinc.com/850615.jpg
Followed by the "Gato" Class SS.
http://www.usna.edu/DolphinClub/images/gato2.jpg
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Originally posted by Sikboy
From WWII though;
HMS Warspite.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/HMS_Warspite_%28Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship%29.jpg)
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That is a beautiful ship. I love the names the Royal Navy chooses. Revenge, Warspite, Repulse, Royal Soveriegn, Valiant...the names themselves strike fear long before their guns even come to bear.
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Warspite, yeah, skipped that one. Quite a career. It was Warspite who plonked several German Destroyers at Narvik, then she was in the med, she scored the world record hitting a moving enemy ship at some 26K (Cape Matapan battle?), and survived the war. And she was built in WWI!
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Originally posted by Angus
she scored the world record hitting a moving enemy ship at some 26K (Cape Matapan battle?), and survived the war. And she was built in WWI!
Was Whels gunning?
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Originally posted by republic
That is a beautiful ship. I love the names the Royal Navy chooses. Revenge, Warspite, Repulse, Royal Soveriegn, Valiant...the names themselves strike fear long before their guns even come to bear.
Yep, the RN has great ship names. Some of my favorite US ship names are RN-style names, like Enterprise and Intrepid.
In the upcoming Operation Husky scenario, we'll have the Indomitable and Formidable.
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USS Enterprise, WW2 edition. Too bad they didn't save her from the scrap yard in the 1950s. Halsey tried, but there just wasn't the interest at the time. It would be a far more fitting museum ship than, say, the "Dry I" that's in NY today. Not that the Intrepid didn't earn her battle honors, but hardly of the same level.
For various periods during the early years of the war, Enterprise WAS the Pacific Fleet :)
Charon
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Originally posted by Squire
"Flower" Class Corvette.
http://www.hobbyworldinc.com/850615.jpg
Followed by the "Gato" Class SS.
http://www.usna.edu/DolphinClub/images/gato2.jpg
Trying to remember the author's name..Nicolaus Monsarrat? Wrote
some excellent fiction feqaturing the Flower class corvette. Yep..The Cruel
Sea still in print..very good stuff.
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I've always had a thing for the clipper bow battleships of the US Navy like the USS West Virginia
(http://www.usswestvirginia.org/images/ship/recon.jpg)
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We most not forget the USS Oklahoma.
(http://www.chuckhawks.com/uss_oklahoma.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/bb37usa/ship/BB-37_Oklahoma019.jpg)
(http://www.sitnews.us/1205news/120705/JuneAllen/uss_oklahoma_ft.jpg)
To the Oklahoma.
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Favorite Battleship BB-60 USS Alabama because its 30 min from my house.
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016002.jpg)
Favorite Cruiser USS Pensacola
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97838.jpg)
Favorite tall ship USS Constitution, under way with sail in 1997.
(http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/Uss_constitution_still_undefeated_small.jpg)
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Not forget the Oklahoma? That's all Republic's been posting!
Let us not forget the most famous, and infamous, and most handsome battlecruiser ever to part the waters; HMS Hood.
(http://www.waffenhq.de/schiffe/hood-01.jpg)
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Originally posted by Sikboy
If we're talking Cold War, there's no doubt for me:
USS Bunker Hill, The Sword of the Fleet.
(http://www.bunker-hill.navy.mil/images/IMG_2683.jpg)
-Sik
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
I got roped into an OpFor maneuver against this one way back in '86 or so when they were still waiting for the paint to dry. Took out the roving watch, four or five security alert people, and was headed for the engine room when they tagged the CO and got into CIC.
Still have a ball cap from that wonderfully fun evening, though it is showing its years.
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Didn't Oldendorf's division of the old battleships finish off one or two of the old Japanese BB in the battle of Leyte Gulf? At least Yamashiro, yes? I am referring to the battle in the Surigao straight, not the one off Samar where Kurita steamed.
Admittedly, this is the same vintage of ships as the fast BB we started to build in the late 1930s.
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Originally posted by Brooke
My favorite battleship:
"Washington is . . . one of two US modern battleships to fight in a battleship duel, which was the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. . . . Washington is also the only one of her contemporaries to sink an enemy battleship in warfare, Imperial Japan's Kirishima."
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Originally posted by Hornet33
USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) Sailed onboard her halfway around the world and back.
Did you turn back or just keep going?
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Originally posted by Solar10
Did you turn back or just keep going?
Hahaha well once we got into the Black Sea we kinda had to turn back.
2001 Med Cruise
Portsmouth, VA USA Departed May 8th 2001
Rota, Spain (good port of call)
Casablanca, Morocco (crap hole)
Bizerte, Tunisia (good port of call)
Suda Bay, Crete (good port of call)
Marmaris, Turkey (ok port of call)
Potti, Georgia (crap hole but the people were awsome and the beer was CHEAP, and pretty good to boot)
Odesa, Ukraine (good port of call, land of the 6ft blondes, wearing thongs and see through dresses)
Split, Croatia (AWSOME port of call, beautiful city, great people, cheap drinks, great night life)
Suda Bay, Crete (This time was a bad port of call. Had a bad phone call with the wife, got real drunk and tried to start a fight with some Marines according to my shipmates but I don't remember that part of it. I do remember the hangover though. OUCH!!!!!)
Rota, Spain (good port of call)
Portsmouth, VA USA Arrived August 16th 2001
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Gotta love the Big-E
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g60000/g66121.jpg)
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29.jpg)
U.S.S Houston CA-30
Her story is amazing.
And
USS Houston (CL-81)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/USS_Houston_CL-81.jpg)
Her story of survival is also incredible.
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USS Detroit CL-8
Omaha Class Light Crusier
Earned 6 Battle Stars
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/USS_Detroit_%28CL-8%29.jpg)
USS Arizona BB-39
Pennsylvania Class Battleship
Earned 1 Battle Star
(http://uboat.net/allies/warships/photos/am/bb_uss_arizona_bb39.jpg)
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Originally posted by joeblogs
Didn't Oldendorf's division of the old battleships finish off one or two of the old Japanese BB in the battle of Leyte Gulf? At least Yamashiro, yes? I am referring to the battle in the Surigao straight, not the one off Samar where Kurita steamed.
Admittedly, this is the same vintage of ships as the fast BB we started to build in the late 1930s.
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"As they passed the cape of Panaon Island, they ran into a deadly trap set for them by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had six battleships (Mississippi, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania, all but the Mississippi having been resurrected from Pearl Harbor), eight cruisers (heavy cruisers USS Louisville (Flagship), Portland, Minneapolis and HMAS Shropshire, light cruisers USS Denver, Columbia, Phoenix, Boise), 28 destroyers and 39 Patrol/Torpedo boats. To pass the strait and reach the landings, Nishimura would have to run the gauntlet of torpedoes from the PT boats, evade two groups of destroyers, proceed up the strait under the concentrated fire of six battleships in line across the far mouth of the strait, and then break through the screen of cruisers and destroyers.
At about 03:00, Fusô and the destroyers Asagumo, Yamagumo, and Mishishio were hit by torpedoes launched by the destroyer groups. Fusô broke in two, but did not sink. Then at 03:16, USS West Virginia's radar picked up Nishimura's force at a range of 42,000 yards (38 km) and had achieved a firing solution at 30,000 yards (33 km). She tracked them as they approached in the pitch black night. At 03:52, West Virginia unleashed her eight 16 inch (406 mm) guns of the main battery at a range of 22,800 yards (25 km), striking the leading Japanese battleship with her first salvo. At 03:54, USS California and USS Tennessee opened fire. Radar fire control allowed these American battleships to hit targets from a distance at which the Japanese could not reply because of their inferior fire control systems. Yamashiro and Mogami were crippled by a combination of 14-inch (356mm) and 16-inch (406 mm) armour-piercing shells. Shigure turned and fled, but lost steering and stopped dead. Yamashiro sank at 04:19.
At 04:25, Shima's two cruisers (Nachi and Ashigara) and eight destroyers reached the battle. Seeing what they thought were the wrecks of both Nishimura's battleships (actually the two halves of Fusô), he ordered a retreat. His flagship, Nachi, collided with Mogami, flooding the latter's steering-room. Mogami fell behind in the retreat and was sunk by aircraft the next morning. The bow half of Fusô was destroyed by Louisville and the stern half sank off Kanihaan Island. Of Nishimura's seven ships, only Shigure survived.
Yamashiro was the last battleship to engage another in combat, and one of very few to have been sunk by another battleship during World War II. This was also the last battle in which one force (the Americans, in this case) was able to cross the T of its opponent, enabling the U.S. ships to bring all their firepower to bear on the Japanese ships." -The Wiki
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CV-13 USS Franklin's survival was always one of my favorite stories.
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021339.jpg)
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Republic, can you not see the red x's? Just about all of your pics you post do not link right. Navsource.org doesn't like hotlinking of images.
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Does this mean both sister ships (Mogami & Mikuma) were sunk after collisions that crippled their speed? In fact, it was Mogami that rammed Mikuma at Midway, yes?
-Blogs
Originally posted by DiabloTX
"... At 04:25, Shima's two cruisers (Nachi and Ashigara) and eight destroyers reached the battle. Seeing what they thought were the wrecks of both Nishimura's battleships (actually the two halves of Fusô), he ordered a retreat. His flagship, Nachi, collided with Mogami, flooding the latter's steering-room. Mogami fell behind in the retreat and was sunk by aircraft the next morning. ..." -The Wiki
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/Makoyouidiot/destroyer.jpg)
Emerson-Class Destroyer USS Levy, De-162
Foundered during a typhoon in the south Pacific. Lost with all hands.
May they be remembered.
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