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[Njaco]

The Yamato was definately a beast, but my money would be on the 'Jersey!

No argument here!

Why are they all suddenly starting to look like ironclads? Even the new "New York" that has some Twin Towers metal in it, looks similar.

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

The Yamato was definately a beast, but my money would be on the 'Jersey!

No arguments there, I just wonder how many pirates will crap there pants seeing that thing.

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

true guys, though I always prefer safety in numbers.

 

[GrauGeist]

I'm sure the sight of her bearing down on them at 33 knots would be enough to make them soil themselves, but it would be those 16" shells screaming in from 20 some-odd miles away that would be the icing on the cake...

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

I'm sure the sight of her bearing down on them at 33 knots would be enough to make them soil themselves, but it would be those 16" shells screaming in from 20 some-odd miles away that would be the icing on the cake...

True GG, but we'd have a helluva time trying to identify the bodies.

 

[javlin]

True GG, but we'd have a helluva time trying to identify the bodies.

What Bodies??fish foood,fish fooood my friend

 

[RabidAlien]

What Bodies??fish foood,fish fooood my friend

And its even environmentally friendly! So NOBODY can complain!!!! Except fellow pirates...which would serve very well to mark them as future meals...!

 

[Messy1]

you nailed it Njaco. the new ships are starting to look like Sounthern ironclads. Maybe the south was going for the stealth approach?

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Perhaps it's the South's way of getting back at the North. "The South shall rise again!"

 

[Erich]

interesting cross stealth fighter bomber design.....wonder if the Fletcher class can fly ? ....... probably. wonder how many small missiles she holds within ?

 

[GrauGeist]

you nailed it Njaco. the new ships are starting to look like Sounthern ironclads. Maybe the south was going for the stealth approach?

Well...they did have *stealth* actually...

The CSS Hunley, a submarine, is pretty dang stealthy...

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Hey, true Grau. Unfortunately, the southern form of "stealth" had the tendency to do the following.

 

[RabidAlien]

Once the bubbles quit coming out, it became VERY quiet and darn near impossible to detect.

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Hey, true Grau. Unfortunately, the southern form of "stealth" had the tendency to do the following.

Cut them some slack bro, the Hunley only sank two, wait three times. Hmm, it's bad when one of the designers, which the sub is named after, gets his crew killed by forgetting to close the seacocks.

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Once the bubbles quit coming out, it became VERY quiet and darn near impossible to detect.

Oh yeah RA, completely motionless once all the air's out.

Vassili: That's true, but its also pretty bad when one of the commanders accidentally steps on the handle for the diving planes while the sub is in motion with the hatches open, and five of his crew ends up dead.

 

[Messy1]

And it has been raised again, and is currently in a museum I believe.

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Yeah, that's true Messy, it's down in Charleston. Actually got to see it a couple of years back with our Grandpa. It was pretty cool seeing it up close, but it did leave you with a bit of a haunting feeling as your looking at it.

 

[Messy1]

I cam imagine. Would like to see it. Was down that way years ago as a Boy Scout. We stayed a few nights aboard the Yorktown, but that was long before the Hunley was found. Any pics?

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Nah, sorry Messy. Don't think we took any pictures when we were down there (we must have been 11 or 12). If we did have a camera, I have no idea where'd it be.
You got to spend a few nights on the Yorktown, cool! What was it like?

 

[RabidAlien]

...stupid double-posts