Favourite warship - Page 5

4th wilts · 08-03-2008, 05:52 PM

i believe the phoenix played the role of the graff spee in that wonderful film,starring john le-mesurier of dads army,the battle of the river plate.yours,4th wilts.

cash_13 · 08-03-2008, 06:49 PM

Well for a brit to win a medal be it a ship or a person they must first win the war single handed unlike the americans who do like to hand out a medal or two to their guys

General Mayhem · 13-03-2008, 02:07 AM

No one has put down any carriers as favorites. Is that because they just aren't very good looking ships to most of us or are we all just a bunch of big gun battleship, cruiser, corvettes and tin can romantics?

Slipdigit · 13-03-2008, 02:29 AM

See post 40, where I posted the USS Franklin. I need to fix the picture attachment, though.

MikB · 13-03-2008, 01:31 PM

Well, yes, perhaps most of us are - but a carrier doesn't need the co-ordination of seamanship, tactics and gunnery that comes together in a well-handled warship that delivers its own weapons.

Apart from the much greater range and scope of carrier fighting, it's a major difference that the delivery of the carrier's offensive capability belongs to airmen who are for the time being independent of the ship.

Also, in relation to the destructive power a carrier's strike fleet can deliver, any opposing carrier has little if any ability to absorb punishment - whereas one of the things we can admire about gun warships is their ability to continue functioning and fighting despite carnage on board from opposing gun hits.

So perhaps us battleship enthusiasts are mainly heavy-machinery obsessives...

spidge · 13-03-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by General Mayhem

No one has put down any carriers as favorites. Is that because they just aren't very good looking ships to most of us or are we all just a bunch of big gun battleship, cruiser, corvettes and tin can romantics?

Enterprise has always been my favourite Carrier and would possibly have the best reputation of any ship in the Pacific theatre.

Over the course of the war Enterprise was involved in all but two battles. She received 20 battle stars which was three more than her closet rival.

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While participating in the Magic Carpet program for returning servicemen to state-side from the European theater, Enterprise docked in Southampton, England on November 23, 1945. During her brief stay, she was boarded by the British First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Albert Alexander, who presented Enterprise a British Admiralty Pennant, the most prestigious decoration of the Royal Navy. Enterprise is the only ship outside the Royal Navy to have received the pennant, in the more than 400 years since its creation.

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Enterprise entered World War II on the morning of December 7, 1941, when her scout planes encountered the Japanese squadrons attacking Pearl Harbor. Not until May 14, 1945, when a Kamikaze attack off Kyushu, Japan, left a gaping hole in her flight deck, was she forced to leave the war.
Of the more than twenty major actions of the Pacific War, Enterprise engaged in all but two. Her planes and guns downed 911 enemy planes; her bombers sank 71 ships, and damaged or destroyed 192 more. Her presence inspired both pride and fear: pride in her still unmatched combat record, and fear in the knowledge that Enterprise and hard fighting were never far apart.
The most decorated ship of the Second World War, Enterprise changed the very course of a war she seemed to have been expressly created for.

Warlord · 13-03-2008, 05:09 PM

Talking about carriers, I´m again with the ugly duckling: USS Langley.

On the good looking side, the Lady Lex, with the massive funnel structure and the mid-caliber gun turrets.

4th wilts · 14-03-2008, 01:45 PM

i like h.m.s.indomitable,seen a nice picture of her last night.lee.

GUMALANGI · 14-03-2008, 02:48 PM

Yamato,..

If it's look not imposing,.. i dont know what is,..

machine shop tom · 15-03-2008, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by General Mayhem

No one has put down any carriers as favorites. Is that because they just aren't very good looking ships to most of us or are we all just a bunch of big gun battleship, cruiser, corvettes and tin can romantics?

I have a favorite carrier. It's the USS Fanshaw Bay, CVE 70. My dad served aboard her during the Saipan invasion, Battle off Samar, and Okinawa. I have a lot of pics of her, but there are few on-line. Here is one:

http://uboat.net/allies/warships/pho...anshaw_bay.jpg

tom

13-03-2008, 02:29 AM	#44 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,609	See post 40, where I posted the USS Franklin. I need to fix the picture attachment, though. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

13-03-2008, 05:09 PM	#47 (permalink)
Warlord Veteran wannabe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The Land of Eternal Spring Posts: 216	Talking about carriers, I´m again with the ugly duckling: USS Langley. On the good looking side, the Lady Lex, with the massive funnel structure and the mid-caliber gun turrets. __________________ If I go forward, follow me; if I stop, hurry me; if I retreat, kill me. Guatemalan special forces motto Picture shows an Israeli Avia downing an Egyptian Spitfire in ´48. Guatemala gave the deciding vote at the UN that year for Israel to become a nation.

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08-03-2008, 05:52 PM	#41 (permalink)
4th wilts Discharged Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: wessex Posts: 1,043	i believe the phoenix played the role of the graff spee in that wonderful film,starring john le-mesurier of dads army,the battle of the river plate.yours,4th wilts.

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cash_13 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coulsdon Surrey UK Posts: 231	Well for a brit to win a medal be it a ship or a person they must first win the war single handed unlike the americans who do like to hand out a medal or two to their guys

13-03-2008, 02:07 AM	#43 (permalink)
General Mayhem Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fairport Harbor Ohio Posts: 77	No one has put down any carriers as favorites. Is that because they just aren't very good looking ships to most of us or are we all just a bunch of big gun battleship, cruiser, corvettes and tin can romantics?

13-03-2008, 01:31 PM	#45 (permalink)
MikB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 168	Well, yes, perhaps most of us are - but a carrier doesn't need the co-ordination of seamanship, tactics and gunnery that comes together in a well-handled warship that delivers its own weapons. Apart from the much greater range and scope of carrier fighting, it's a major difference that the delivery of the carrier's offensive capability belongs to airmen who are for the time being independent of the ship. Also, in relation to the destructive power a carrier's strike fleet can deliver, any opposing carrier has little if any ability to absorb punishment - whereas one of the things we can admire about gun warships is their ability to continue functioning and fighting despite carnage on board from opposing gun hits. So perhaps us battleship enthusiasts are mainly heavy-machinery obsessives...

14-03-2008, 01:45 PM	#48 (permalink)
4th wilts Discharged Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: wessex Posts: 1,043	i like h.m.s.indomitable,seen a nice picture of her last night.lee.

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