LoooSeR Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Spoiler 14.5 mm HMGs could be those North Korean gatling guns in 14.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Here's a curious one that I hadn't heard of before, the CVA-58: This ship design was conceived a few years after WWII as a dedicated bomber carrier. Note that there is no island, which would allow aircraft with very wide wingspans to safely operate off the deck. The double angled deck is an interesting touch too. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, Collimatrix said: Here's a curious one that I hadn't heard of before, the CVA-58: This ship design was conceived a few years after WWII as a dedicated bomber carrier. Note that there is no island, which would allow aircraft with very wide wingspans to safely operate off the deck. The double angled deck is an interesting touch too. That's curious. While islands are a bit of a hassle in terms of landing planes, they're awfully handy for things like... I don't know... steering a ship, hanging radar and comm gear on, spotting incoming and outgoing planes coming in on the horizon, and boring command and control stuff like this. Obviously mid-air refueling and perfecting that technology made this plan irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Donward said: That's curious. While islands are a bit of a hassle in terms of landing planes, they're awfully handy for things like... I don't know... steering a ship, hanging radar and comm gear on, spotting incoming and outgoing planes coming in on the horizon, and boring command and control stuff like this. Obviously mid-air refueling and perfecting that technology made this plan irrelevant. It's a radical concept to be sure. As I understand it, CVA-58 would have required an escort cruiser to handle all the radar, communications, et cetera. But even that would not have been a totally satisfactory solution. Islands are terribly useful for coordinating launch and recovery operations, and considering that carrier deck ops are horribly dangerous and cause horrible maiming and death when people aren't paying attention, getting rid of the island entirely seems like a bridge too far to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, Collimatrix said: It's a radical concept to be sure. As I understand it, CVA-58 would have required an escort cruiser to handle all the radar, communications, et cetera. But even that would not have been a totally satisfactory solution. Islands are terribly useful for coordinating launch and recovery operations, and considering that carrier deck ops are horribly dangerous and cause horrible maiming and death when people aren't paying attention, getting rid of the island entirely seems like a bridge too far to me. I know the Japanese had a few carriers lacking an island. And some of our - and the Royal Navy - had escort carriers sans islands as well. I guess I'm not familiar enough with the decisions to do that other than sheer expediency and the fact that a lot of them were converted ships of a different class. Our later "Jeep" carriers based on the Bogue Class had Islands though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 HMS Ark Royal laving the shipyard, March 1938. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 8 inches to spare on either side. Now that's some ship handling. USS Missouri going through the Miraflores locks, Oct 13, 1945 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Look at all those 5' 38s. OMNOMNOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bronezhilet Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Hr.Ms. De Ruyter launching a Harpoon Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 "Pantserschip" (Armoured Cruiser?) Hr.Ms. Koningin Regentes firing a salvo Zyklon and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ramlaen Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 On 6/23/2018 at 5:02 AM, Bronezhilet said: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter launching a Harpoon Actually that looks like an SM-2 off the rear swing arm launcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 The USS Annapolis firing a Tomahawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 12:08 AM, Ramlaen said: Actually that looks like an SM-2 off the rear swing arm launcher. Our MoD called it a Harpoon, but I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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