Belesarius Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 So this is a thing. Fisherman Spent 3 Years Building Massive 24 Foot USS Missouri Out Of Legos. Yeah, I saw that on my FB feed earlier today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yeah, I saw that on my FB feed earlier today. I'm practicing my New Journalism skills by reposting things that I saw on Facebook. Xlucine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Best Pike. Private Pike would like to have a word son. Anyway, I guess another in the series because why not. HMS Conqueror (S48) - The only nuclear powered submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat, Where it sunk the ARA General Belgrano with 2 torpedo hits during the Falklands war. All political controversies aside, one thing that for sure sucks is that prior to being the ARA General Belgrano, It was formerly the Brooklyn class light cruiser USS Phoenix in USN service that proved to be a hero at the battle of Pearl Harbor and the events immediately following, among other duties during WW2 before being sold to Argentina in 1951. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 HMS Conqueror (S48) - The only submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat after the end of World War 2 The PNS Hangor disagrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 The PNS Hangor disagrees. Well it's still the only nuclear powered one, you fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotMinisterofTrueKorea Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 French Destroyer Le Fantasque - Fastest Destroyer class ever built with a 45 kt top speed. Glomar Explorer - Deep sea recovery ship built to raise the wreckage of K-129 USS Halibut (SSGN-587) - until the Ohio-class conversions, Halibut was the only SSGN to see service with the US Navy. She was converted to an SSN, but her primary claim to fame was performing submarine espionage. Her exploits include the tapping of Soviet underwater telephone lines (Operation Ivy Bells) and the initial survey of K-129. She was equipped with ROVs for inspection of the ocean floor and a diving chamber that was disguised as a prototype DSRV. She was decommissioned in 1976 and scrapped in 1994. Belesarius and Collimatrix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 The CSS Manassas, the first ironclad ever engaged in battle: The battle of Fort Henry was the first engagement of US ironclads and successfully demonstrated the capability of ironclads to engage and defeat land based targets: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 The French apparently had a thing for very fast destroyers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_destroyer_Terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Some of the last known pictures of the Yamato's sister ship, the Musashi before being sunk during the battle of Leyte Gulf under intense sustained air attack. The battle itself would end in a decisive rout in favor of the Allies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 HMCS Uganda/Quebec (Renamed 1952) Crown Colony Class Cruiser 9 152/50 guns. Canada's biggest-gunned ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 So, fun fact, the side and guard rail of the USS Missouri are actually dented in one particular location, this was caused by a Zero that did a Kamikaze run into it. They never bothered to fix it as it did no noticeable damage aside from cosmetic. Another intriguing thing is, said aircraft was actually photographed moments before it happened, the dead pilot actually ended up on the deck but was buried at sea afterwards. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Normandie FREMM Frigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 A shot from Halsey's first Typhoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Looking at that makes me want to throw up. oO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Looking at that makes me want to throw up. oO Yeah, that'd be a sick ride... Anyway, good pics from the two Halsey Typhoons are hard to come by. I find it fascinating he sailed through them twice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hey. The actual Divine Wind was trying to come to Japan's aid. It's not his fault the United States were using oil powered steel ships! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hey. The actual Divine Wind was trying to come to Japan's aid. It's not his fault the United States were using oil powered steel ships! It even worked, a little, since the first one sunk like three destroyers, and both cost millions in damage to the ships. So of the larger ships took damage from them. If I recall right, the Iowa burned up a shaft bearing when one of her outboard propellers came out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Hey. The actual Divine Wind was trying to come to Japan's aid. It's not his fault the United States were using oil powered steel ships! This is like that part of the bible (Judges 1:19) where God's wrath is turned aside by iron chariots. Moral of the story - mankind is working up to pimp-slapping the cosmic powers. xthetenth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 USS Colorado, off NYC, 1932 Jeeps_Guns_Tanks, xthetenth and RobotMinisterofTrueKorea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sturgeon Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 You're welcome, shippies. Belesarius and LeuCeaMia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I love that white paintjob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I got to climb over a World War 2 landing craft up here in Alaska. It has been donated to a summer camp for kids up here on Lake Aleknagik or so I was told and is in the process of "restoration" as evidenced by someone's idea of the "machine guns" mounted on it. A lot of these old landing craft were acquired and are used to transport cargo and fuel to remote Alaska villages since there is no cheap way to get stuff to the bush. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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