Warship Appreciation Thread
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Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
To be fair said guns were put to good use protecting the Northern coast of Oahu once they got removed in 1942Oh, I can see their shameful past as cruisers right there on their 8'' turrets.
@Tyanna of Pentos hold your tongue! There is no such thing as 'overkill', there is 'open fire' and 'I need to reload'! Haven't you read your Schlock Mercenary?
For penancy you must gaze upon...
For penancy you must gaze upon...
When was this? I thought USS America was SINKEX'd years ago.
USS America flying the flag of Captain America.
Or did they already stick the name on a new hull?
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
And lead ship of her class. They still should have given her a well deck though. At least the next flight will have themShe's the new one, an assault ship/Heli carrier. (Not that type of helicarrier sadly
I forgot about this tale of a classically overdressed Dutch Minesweeper back in the 1942 Dutch East Indies.
rarehistoricalphotos.com
I can't see it!!!
Oh there it is... garishly overdressed.
Of course it is the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that literally had to disguise itself as an island to escape the Dutch East Indies and make it's way to Australia in the wake of the aftermath of the Battle of the Java Sea.
A stranded Dutch warship evaded the enemy by disguising itself as an island, 1942 - Rare Historical Photos
In February 1942, in the midst of World War II, the Japanese fleet completely wrecked a combined Dutch-American-Australian-British fleet at the Battle of the Java Sea.
rarehistoricalphotos.com
I can't see it!!!
Oh there it is... garishly overdressed.
Of course it is the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy that literally had to disguise itself as an island to escape the Dutch East Indies and make it's way to Australia in the wake of the aftermath of the Battle of the Java Sea.
Drachinefel does Warship videos... right?
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
The Imperium of Man's ships are so awesome. Space Cathedral Battleships shouldn't be so cool, but I think it is one of the most unique and awe inspiring designs in fiction. I mean, an Imperial Star Destroyer looks good and all but it just does't have enough eagles on it...
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
Just to make my contribution to the thread, here I have an image of HMS Vanguard. She was the last of her kind, and perhaps the most handsome British battleship of them all.
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
That they didn't save either her or a KGV alongside an Illustrious is one of the great tragedies of modern British history and the same can be said of HMS Dreadnought and HMS Jervis(second in battle honors only to Warspite, speaking of Warspite she sadly was way too heavily damaged to be preserved given the realities of the immediate postwar era and thus her scrapping while tragic can be justified)Just to make my contribution to the thread, here I have an image of HMS Vanguard. She was the last of her kind, and perhaps the most handsome British battleship of them all.
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I read about this ship today, a humble US Coast Guard Cutter that had quite the long and storied career.
Launched in June of 1936. Escorted convoys and engaged multiple U-Boat Wolfpacks during World War Two. Served in the Pacific and then later rescued sailors in the North Atlantic. Engaged in shore bombardment and interdiction operations during the Vietnam War. Wasn't decommissioned until 1982.
In 1984 it was expended as a SINKEX Target for Harpoon missile testings and after the first Harpoon missile strike left it largely intact, the ship issued its final words.
It was nicknamed the "Queen of the Seas."
Launched in June of 1936. Escorted convoys and engaged multiple U-Boat Wolfpacks during World War Two. Served in the Pacific and then later rescued sailors in the North Atlantic. Engaged in shore bombardment and interdiction operations during the Vietnam War. Wasn't decommissioned until 1982.
In 1984 it was expended as a SINKEX Target for Harpoon missile testings and after the first Harpoon missile strike left it largely intact, the ship issued its final words.
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It was nicknamed the "Queen of the Seas."
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
If we're going with lighter ships, then perhaps an image of the most famous British Light Cruiser might be in order?
HMS Belfast may not be a battleship, but she's a grand old lady nonetheless. And once again, I cannot help but notice how lovely British warships look.
HMS Belfast may not be a battleship, but she's a grand old lady nonetheless. And once again, I cannot help but notice how lovely British warships look.
If we're going with lighter ships, then perhaps an image of the most famous British Light Cruiser might be in order?
HMS Belfast may not be a battleship, but she's a grand old lady nonetheless. And once again, I cannot help but notice how lovely British warships look.
Visiting it whilst in London was pretty cool. I think it was the first warship/museum ship I was ever aboard. Very neat. Always interesting seeing first hand how cramped and vertical those ship interiors actually are firsthand. It's lost even in documentaries and video.
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Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
Being the navy history buff that I am Belfast was the second best tour I did during my visit to the UK with the first being Portsmouth's historic dockyard
Harlock
I should have expected that really
Today is the 80th Anniversary of the battle between the German Heavy Cruiser Hipper and the Destroyer HMS Glowworm.
A fairly mismatched duel between a ship that weighed some ten times more than its opponent which ended largely as one would have expected. The Hipper also had a pair of destroyers escorting it which Glowworm managed to drive off before meeting the Heavy Cruiser. The courage and skill shown by the Destroyer as it engaged in this duel was enough to earn her commander the Victoria Cross on recommendation of the German Captain, a very rare occurrence.
While the story is famous for the actions of the Glowworm its also worth noting the skill of the German crew who successfully avoided ten torpedoes at close range and aggressively pursuing their smaller foe to keep hold of the initiative.
In the end though while Glowworm didn't manage to really hurt Hipper despite (possibly accidentally) ramming it she did manage to warn the rest of the RN fleet of the German incursion allowing her allies to move heavier ships into place and halt the German naval push.
The battle did give one of the more dramatic images of naval warfare with the heavily damaged destroyer breaking through the smoke for a final attack. At this point the Glowworm had suffered several hits one of which short circuited the ships siren causing it to constantly shriek during the vessel's final moments, the siren wailing as the small ship veered hard about and slammed into the cruiser.
The Germans lost a single man during the engagement, the Glowworm 115
A fairly mismatched duel between a ship that weighed some ten times more than its opponent which ended largely as one would have expected. The Hipper also had a pair of destroyers escorting it which Glowworm managed to drive off before meeting the Heavy Cruiser. The courage and skill shown by the Destroyer as it engaged in this duel was enough to earn her commander the Victoria Cross on recommendation of the German Captain, a very rare occurrence.
While the story is famous for the actions of the Glowworm its also worth noting the skill of the German crew who successfully avoided ten torpedoes at close range and aggressively pursuing their smaller foe to keep hold of the initiative.
In the end though while Glowworm didn't manage to really hurt Hipper despite (possibly accidentally) ramming it she did manage to warn the rest of the RN fleet of the German incursion allowing her allies to move heavier ships into place and halt the German naval push.
The battle did give one of the more dramatic images of naval warfare with the heavily damaged destroyer breaking through the smoke for a final attack. At this point the Glowworm had suffered several hits one of which short circuited the ships siren causing it to constantly shriek during the vessel's final moments, the siren wailing as the small ship veered hard about and slammed into the cruiser.
The Germans lost a single man during the engagement, the Glowworm 115
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
Say what you want about the RN of WWII but it was never lacking for brave men and officers.Today is the 80th Anniversary of the battle between the German Heavy Cruiser Hipper and the Destroyer HMS Glowworm.
A fairly mismatched duel between a ship that weighed some ten times more than its opponent which ended largely as one would have expected. The Hipper also had a pair of destroyers escorting it which Glowworm managed to drive off before meeting the Heavy Cruiser. The courage and skill shown by the Destroyer as it engaged in this duel was enough to earn her commander the Victoria Cross on recommendation of the German Captain, a very rare occurrence.
While the story is famous for the actions of the Glowworm its also worth noting the skill of the German crew who successfully avoided ten torpedoes at close range and aggressively pursuing their smaller foe to keep hold of the initiative.
In the end though while Glowworm didn't manage to really hurt Hipper despite (possibly accidentally) ramming it she did manage to warn the rest of the RN fleet of the German incursion allowing her allies to move heavier ships into place and halt the German naval push.
The battle did give one of the more dramatic images of naval warfare with the heavily damaged destroyer breaking through the smoke for a final attack. At this point the Glowworm had suffered several hits one of which short circuited the ships siren causing it to constantly shriek during the vessel's final moments, the siren wailing as the small ship veered hard about and slammed into the cruiser.
The Germans lost a single man during the engagement, the Glowworm 115
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
It still managed to thoroughly embarrass itself (cough cough, Force Z) from time to time, much as the British Army did in France and North Africa. Indeed, it seems only the RAF managed to serve the dying empire without too much of a blemish on its record.
World War II was not Britain's finest hour militarily, alas.