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Offline SAS_KID

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Re: Player launched ships
« Reply #45 on: June 24, 2009, 06:50:42 PM »
The flight decks are about half the length of a CV so I suspect only the lighter fighters would be able to get off and even they may "dip" off the end of the flight deck.

dont forget the light bombers. these CV's would also help promote the use of such aircraft.
Quote from: hitech on Today at 09:27:26 AM
What utter and compete BS, quite frankly I should kick you off this bbs for this post.

The real truth is you do not like the answer.

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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: Player launched ships
« Reply #46 on: June 25, 2009, 06:52:18 PM »
HERE IS IS!  HERE IT IS!

For those who were blind.   :O
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Re: Player launched ships
« Reply #47 on: July 09, 2009, 11:56:23 AM »
I just had to bump this idea because, well, I think it's such a good one.

Last week I was on a CV that got sunk.  Finally it ended up just being me with two destroyers left.  I was cruising along between multiple PT spawns and some guy kept upping LVT's to try to finish the destroyers off.  It was fun and while it was happening I was thinking about this wish and how it would be really great to be able to have my own destroyer to play with on occasion.
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Re: Player launched ships
« Reply #48 on: July 11, 2009, 07:08:42 AM »
I'll bump it again, because it IS a good idea!
This is some action that could develop from it...

USS Laffey, Buchanon class DD, along with 3 other DD's, passed thru the Japanese Bombardment force off Guadalcanal, (0004hrs Friday the 13th).. Both sides were blundering around in the dark, thru intermittent hard rain squalls, knowing the other was there.. But American inexperience w their radar, (and reflections from the rain squalls), couldn't fix the Japanese position.. When the Japs finally turned on their searchlights, USS Laffey was passing the bow of Kirishima at (witnesses say at 50ft range!!!)..
Laffey launched torps, and raked Hiei with 5in fire, killing the commanding Jap admiral and many of his staff on the bridge! Then was hit by a 14inch shell, and a  24in torp... Her stern magazine exploded, blowing off the after 1/3 of the ship...

Another "Hero ship" of the US Navy!!!

« Last Edit: July 11, 2009, 07:12:06 AM by RipChord929 »
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