Belesarius Posted December 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 Some of the dazzle camos are downright acid-trippy. Bronezhilet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juretrn Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 A little find - nice documentary on the Scharnhorst: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 TIL Jacques Couseau's Calypso, a decommissioned WW2 wooden-hulled minesweeper, was built in Seattle, specifically in the old Scandahoovian neighborhood of Ballard. http://www.myballard.com/2015/06/12/ohio-resident-wants-birthplace-of-jacque-cousteaus-calypso-commemorated-in-ballard/ After being sunk in a collision with a barge in 1996, the vessel was raised and now sits in drydock in France Turkey undergoing repairs. Or rather catching on fire due to negligence . https://www.cousteau.org/cataloguearticle_cd2_166.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 BB-59 removing animea, July 14, 1945. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Battleship USS Tennessee BB-43 underway in 1944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Belesarius said: She was a hard-luck ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Belesarius said: Would have been interesting to see the results of the South Dakota (or the Alabama) going toe-to-toe against the Tirpitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Hot take: in the right environment (at night, engaging with radar), an Alaska could take Tirpitz and win. A SoDak would be no contest (although Tirpitz is faster, so it could run away I guess). The 12 inch guns on Alaska were pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Yeah, the Sodak would rape the Tirpitz. Nazi Box Ships are overrated. Hell, an updated post Pearl Harbor Tennessee could probably have handled the Nazi Box Shit just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Donward said: Would have been interesting to see the results of the South Dakota (or the Alabama) going toe-to-toe against the Tirpitz. Surprise buttsecks would likely be the result for the Tirpitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, LostCosmonaut said: Hot take: in the right environment (at night, engaging with radar), an Alaska could take Tirpitz and win. A SoDak would be no contest (although Tirpitz is faster, so it could run away I guess). The 12 inch guns on Alaska were pretty good. 2 hours ago, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said: Yeah, the Sodak would rape the Tirpitz. Nazi Box Ships are overrated. Hell, an updated post Pearl Harbor Tennessee could probably have handled the Nazi Box Shit just fine. 17 minutes ago, Belesarius said: Surprise buttsecks would likely be the result for the Tirpitz I probably phrased my intentional softball conversation starter sloppily in that yes, I agree either the South Dakota or Alabama (or both together more likely along with the cruiser Tuscaloosa) would have turned the Tirpitz into saeurkraut if there happened to be a naval engagement when the flotilla of ships patrolled of the Norwegian coast in 1943. And quite obviously the Germans knew it which is why they had to keep shuffling around their capital ships to keep them hidden from Allied naval and air power. I suppose the Alt-History question/wankfest would be what the Krauts would have needed to do in order to gain a leg-up against the South Dakota if it somehow were able to jump it in a one-on-one or perhaps a fleet action with supporting ships? (No I don't know off the top of my head what the readiness was with the Kreigsmarine at that particular time in the Scandinavian theater in regards to ship repair and fuel). Answer, everything would have to be different, I know. Post Script: Also, holy cow the Tirpitz was a fat schwein-pig in regards to how heavy it was compared the South Dakota class versus the weight of metal it could fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 SoDak vs Tirp solo, the SoDak still probably rapes face, maybe while taking a few broken ribs or something. American fire control was some primo shit. And the 16/45s, IIRC could still fire the superheavy 16inch AP. So yeah. Tirpitz = rape victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Quote Pr.11356R #frigate Admiral Essen launches Kalibr(3M14T) missiles at #Syria from the #Mediterranean in 2017. Images © Dmitry Kiyanovsky Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 USS Guam, Pearl Harbour, Feb 21, 1945 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Computer render of the Japanese B-65 class battlecruiser: This was a paper project for a ship that essentially amounted to a scaled-down Yamato. It would have been comparable to the USN's Alaska class. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Donward Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 The remains of the original "Love Boat", IRL the "Pacific Princess" of Princess Cruises before being broken up for scrap in Turkey circa 2013. And the remaining Imgur gallery can be seen here. https://imgur.com/gallery/iYe9f Also relevant. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Chinese ships in formation during crossing of Taiwan Strait. Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula_941 Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 north korea behemoth Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, Akula_941 said: north korea behemoth Not even worth a Harpoon. Send an Apache with a couple of Hellfires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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