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What is your Favorite type of ship?

Discussion in 'Other Weapons' started by f6fhellcat, Jan 12, 2010.

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What is your favorite type of warship?

  1. aircraft carrier

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. battleship

    15 vote(s)
    23.1%

  3. submarine

    17 vote(s)
    26.2%

  4. cruiser

    10 vote(s)
    15.4%

  5. destroyer

    10 vote(s)
    15.4%

  6. frigate

    13 vote(s)
    20.0%
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  1. the_diego

    the_diego Active Member

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    I scanned the posts only now. Lots of fellow-cruiser fans here. :D I would have loved to have been in command of a cruiser division in the south pacific (but then, I probably wouldn't have survived the war.)
     
    the_diego, Sep 26, 2019
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  2. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Until you get to the panzerschiffe. :p
     
    OpanaPointer, Sep 27, 2019
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  3. Carronade

    Carronade Ace

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    That cut both ways; practically any contemporary warship a panzerschiffe could catch - like cruisers - could outrun it, and those it could catch - like battleships - outgunned it.

    Still, I would agree the Deutschlands were the most useful things Germany could build while claiming to comply with the 10,000-ton limit.
     
    Carronade, Sep 27, 2019
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  4. bronk7

    bronk7 Well-Known Member

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    ..I was in the USMC and got to see what must've been the USS Wisconsin big gun impact at Vieques PR.....we were on a hill overlooking a beautiful bay firing mortars at about 2000m range...we were about 4000m from the big guns' impact and it was still loud!!!!
    ...I don't recall seeing the guns fire because the view of the ship was blocked by part of the hill we were on--but we definitely saw and heard the impact
     
    bronk7, Oct 12, 2019
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  5. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    When Missouri tested her guns off the coast of California people were calling in earthquake reports. Big Mo was over the horizon at the time.
     
    OpanaPointer, Oct 12, 2019
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  6. bronk7

    bronk7 Well-Known Member

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    ..it's amazing how much force is created and used yet the guns [ and ship ] are still ok
    bold mine
    Sixteen-inch Naval Gun
     
    bronk7, Oct 13, 2019
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  7. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    They were built for battle.

    Which means they MIGHT have survived a mother-in-law.
     
    OpanaPointer, Oct 13, 2019
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  8. Riter

    Riter Well-Known Member

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    No Abandon Ship?
     
    Riter, Nov 9, 2023
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