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That is our motto, bringing history to life, one ship at a time.
We here over at the shipyard are committed to bringing ships to life, through the medium of 3D to immerse you in the world of the past, and to see what ships of yesterday looked like, how they felt, and how they met their end.
In the aerial view of the Alaska across the pier from the Iowa Class BB, the Alaska shows the clear planview of a large cruiser. A battle cruiser would, I think, have a bit broader beam.
I was on the William R Rush, DD 714. 1967- 1968 Crew said it was Gearing class… it was set up for ASW , home port was Newport R.I. Main weapons were 5”-38’s, asroc, and dash.
I was on the William R Rush, 1967- 1968 Crew said it was Gearing class… it was set up for ASW , home port was Newport R.I. Main weapons were 5”-38’s, asroc, and dash.
I would designate the Alaska class as a super heavy cruiser. It cannot stand on the footing of a battle cruiser because battle cruiser designs typically mounted the largest caliber gun that was fueled by its wielding fleet. I.E the renowned and repulse were armed with 15 inch 42s. Conversely, a battle cruiser is not typically armored against the guns that it carries. Now with the Alaska class, in order for them to have been designated a battle cruiser by World War II standards they would’ve had to been armed with at least 16 inch 45 caliber guns or the 16 inch 50 caliber guns that were mounted on the Iowa class. And turn, they were earned with 12 inch 50 caliber guns. if there would be any ship class that would meet the closest definition to a modern US Navy World War II battle cruiser it would have to be the ships of the North Carolina class. Being armed with 16 inch 45 caliber guns but being armored against 14 inch guns due to the escalator clause.
My dad was a stoker on this class of submarine, osirus, ocelot and olympus are the three ive got plaques for but he was on others. He loved his submariner days.
In the anti-ship role they are short ranged, slow and, with a torpedo hanging under them, I'd bet their manoeuvrability is close to zero. In short, it sounds to me like they could be used effectively against civilian ships or naval auxiliaries with minimal defence capabilities, but would be fairly useless against anything claiming to be a modern, surface combatant.
Hms Ajax, I was supposed to join her in Sembawang , dockyard Singapore 1968, she was in Australia, so I was ships company, HMS Terror , 3 months later I joined her in Hong Kong, 6 months far east, then home, then 6 months,Gibraltar guard ship , brilliant time, whf has gone wrong now x
The LEANDER is not a Type 12, albeit both come from the same stable. All matelots have a ship or type that is their favourite for many reasons. In the RAN, many went for the three DDG, PERTH, HOBART and BRISBANE, or the three Daring DD, VOYAGER (then DUCHESS), VENDETTA and VAMPIRE. But these were 'big ships', acquired by and large for speciifc purposes while the FF were more 'small ships,' well capable of ASuW, AAW and ASW, but operated more like oversize patrol boats. As comments on the FB Retired RAN sailors show, they held a special place, aboard and ashore, for those who served in them. For the RAN, our six were the backbone of the FESR.
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