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Originally Posted by Warlord  Royal Navy had a thing for monitors, specially since in the battleship age (pre-Pearl, that is), it was kind of a sin to use them behemoths in the shore-bombarment role, away from the battleline. Gallipoli, you might ask? It was a case of the enemy fleet too close to the beachhead for comfort; big ships went in to cover the landings and cover themselves in case of attack by enemy surface units, something monitors just couldnīt do.
As for the DDīs, obsolescent as they were, just ask the Jap at Balikpapan about their perfomance... |
So Sir Warlord,
What exactly IS the USS Houston? Meaning what was classed as? Cruiser? Heavy Cruiser? We there many ships of ths design? What size guns were those? When it comes to smaller ordnance we always say the caliber, but on battleships its in inches, how come?
Lots of questions, I know. Sorry
Best regards
GM