HerrKaleut
Airman
If it were possible to see and visit any warship in its prime, which one would it be? Mine would have to be H.M.S. Hood circa 1936
Warship visit
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Messy1
Master Sergeant
I would love to have seen the Yamato or Mushashi before their sinking. It would have been exciting to see the two biggest battleships ever created.
Thorlifter
Captain
I might have to agree with Messy and visit the Yamato or her sister ship. Would have been something to see.
BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
HMS Iron Duke, May or June of 1916, just before Jutland. Flagship of one of the greatest fleets ever to see combat 8)
renrich
Chief Master Sergeant
I think a visit(which is possible) to USS Constitution or HMS Victory would suit me. Texas is available and so is Alabama.
BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
In the 'real world', I would like to visit HMS Warrior. I have visited Victory, as well as HMS Belfast, HMS Plymouth and Onyx (Falklands war vets, I believe neither is a museum ship any more) and USS North Carolina.
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Defiantely the "Bismark' for me and if not that, the 'Graf Spee' or 'Blucher'. Love those German ships.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I would have loved to have seen the USS Indiana (BB-1), I really licked the compact design.
I've seen the USS Yorktown and USS North Carolina, I would love to see the Mikasa in Japan - Vice-Admiral Togo's flagship during the Russo-Japanese War.
I've seen the USS Yorktown and USS North Carolina, I would love to see the Mikasa in Japan - Vice-Admiral Togo's flagship during the Russo-Japanese War.
ToughOmbre
Senior Master Sergeant
BB-36 Nevada and BB-39 Arizona back in 1941.
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Vassili Zaitzev
Master Sergeant
I have to say USS Yorktown CV-5, prior to the battle of Midway.
Thorlifter
Captain
Ooooooohhhhh, I would like to have seen the Bismarck also!
Messy1
Master Sergeant
Bismarck would have been cool, also Graf Zeppelin.
Ferdinand Foch
Staff Sergeant
It would either have to be the H.M.S. Hood or the USS Lexington, before she was sunk at Coral Sea. Though the H.M.S. Courageous would be cool to see too, before she was torpedoed. God, there's too many ships that I would want to visit.
trackend
Chief Master Sergeant
HMS Victory at sea prior to the battle of Trafalgar shes still a fantasic ship to visit but to see her in full sail as working vessel would be great.
beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Tirpitz
How could you not pick something from every era? Even an almost completely US-centric view yields some spectacular possibilities. Some of them are actually doable.
Turtle: who could pass on the first military submarine?
Constitution: a high point of sail powered design that's too important, easy, and fun to miss (I live a mile away and go several times a year...).
Monitor: OK, how about the first military vessel combining screw propulsion and a turret? Any takers?
Dreadnaught: how far and how fast the Monitor concept developed, governing another 40 years of modern naval warfare!
U20: by sinking the Lusitania, it fundamentally changed the course of WW1 and set in motion the whole course of submarine warfare for the first half of the 20th century.
Enterprise (CV-6): name a more decorated vessel and close forerunner of the Essex class carriers that definitively ended a 500 year era of surface ships shooting bullets directly at each other.
Liberty: it's like imagining the world without DC-3/C-47 aircraft. What really won WW2?
Nautilus: imagine a submarine not crippled by the endurance issue and how surface vessels, especially carriers, will survive in an ocean that hides these vessels. The Albacore, in Portsmouth NH, is a surrogate visit. Nuclear missiles follow directly.
Enterprise (CVN-65): Supercarriers are still relevant, especially the first nuclear-powered version.
Turtle: who could pass on the first military submarine?
Constitution: a high point of sail powered design that's too important, easy, and fun to miss (I live a mile away and go several times a year...).
Monitor: OK, how about the first military vessel combining screw propulsion and a turret? Any takers?
Dreadnaught: how far and how fast the Monitor concept developed, governing another 40 years of modern naval warfare!
U20: by sinking the Lusitania, it fundamentally changed the course of WW1 and set in motion the whole course of submarine warfare for the first half of the 20th century.
Enterprise (CV-6): name a more decorated vessel and close forerunner of the Essex class carriers that definitively ended a 500 year era of surface ships shooting bullets directly at each other.
Liberty: it's like imagining the world without DC-3/C-47 aircraft. What really won WW2?
Nautilus: imagine a submarine not crippled by the endurance issue and how surface vessels, especially carriers, will survive in an ocean that hides these vessels. The Albacore, in Portsmouth NH, is a surrogate visit. Nuclear missiles follow directly.
Enterprise (CVN-65): Supercarriers are still relevant, especially the first nuclear-powered version.
Messy1
Master Sergeant
How about the Titanic for a non-military vessel? Can't think of a more infamous ship. Would love to see this ship in all it's grandeur and beauty. Sorry to venture off topic, but to see this ship before it's demise would be incredible.
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Without a doubt for me, the HMS Victory in 1805, a First-rate ship of the line, or even the Santísima Trinidad, another First-rate from Trafalgar which carried 136 guns.If it were possible to see and visit any warship in its prime, which one would it be? Mine would have to be H.M.S. Hood circa 1936
I have been on Sir Francis Drake's ship when it was in Seattle many years ago, and it made a huge impression on me.
