You are quite correct. Repulse has only six fifteens. I was having . . . well . . . why on earth would any battleship have such a meager...
I tend to think Japan's forces weren't really sufficient to disable/destroy the industrial targets in and around Pearl, but assuming for a second...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] These aren't my best work ever, and most of the models are old, but the shell and torpedo splashes are new. Also quite...
From the story it sounds as though one or several companies are going around doing this systematically. There are so many wrecks in Indonesian...
We are improving Truk. We are building permanent repair facilities in place of the floating drydock currently stationed there, barracks, tank...
Esteemed gentlemen of the Council, Building merchant, auxiliary, and escort vessels in China and Indochina, and Hong Kong and Singapore should we...
I certainly like the idea of efficient hulls, but part of the efficiency of our best merchant ships is that of size. Large hulls require large...
Honorable Prime Minister, I humbly apologize for my misunderstanding regarding the proposed New Caledonia Operation. May I suggest that this...
I tend to think they correctly identified most ships. It's possible Utah was a miscue, but she was an awfully big target, so it's an...
Bobimoto, I'm sorry, you are correct. I confused the launch date with a completion date. To all, Another minor question I meant to ask was...
Near misses with 250k bombs could and did open up seams on battleships contributing to flooding, and sinking. But in general I would agree with...
It has been fascinating reading. I've toured several American and one German submarine. I fail to see how you could even fit a reindeer on a sub,...
Nice to see an update. That truly is a fantastic model. Humbling. My hat is off to you, sir.
How do you figure? There were four exposed battleships. The Japanese hit all of them. They all sank. Oklahoma and West Virginia sank quickly and...
A representative of the third group would be a particularly nice bonus, but I was taken just with her story. Further, I've always had a soft spot...
Has anyone else begun staff work on the New Caledoina operation yet? I've been curious about it and I dug out my notes from some months back and...
Close to four thousand U.S. casualties and well over two thousand dead at the cost of sixty-four Japanese dead is a pretty resounding success....
Would it have had any material impact had the inflicted more damage on ships present, or even ships anticipated? If only on ships present they...
I have two T-class subs. I'll put Tiptoe on my list as a third. That's a heck of a story Jimmytwohand. Lovely boats and brave men who went to sea...
To briefly reignite the chili wars, I'm suddenly tempted to improvise chili with my (Vietnamese) wife. I have a funny feeling it would come out...
