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I like very much the japanese ships. Japan is/was a big maritim country and the design is awesome in my opinion.
Most of the japanese I favour is the IJN FUSO:
Banzai!!
Most of the japanese I favour is the IJN FUSO:
Banzai!!
For me it is definitly Graf Spee, I just love the design of a heavy criuiser with a BC's firepower. German engineers made their best here.
I am not realy into the ships too much so I would say Presiden Masaryk (Bechelaren). Just because It's biggest Czechoslovakian military ship to this date... :-D
Has to be the Bismarck. Every time I play a game as Germany, I make it a goal to build my Kriegsmarine centered around BB's with ground based air support. Carriers might be much stronger, but Battleships just look so good.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
The Destroyer Escort that fought like a BB. This ship, with help from the other four DDs and DEs of Taffy-3 fought the Yamato and her escorting surface contingent hard enough to convince the Japs that they were fighting a much larger fleet, eventually running them off.
The Roberts acquitted herself especially well in this action, at one point getting so close that the Jap cruiser she was targeting couldn't depress its guns low enough to hit her. Sadly the ship was sunk, but not before she did serious damage to three Jap cruisers, effectively knocking at least one out of the rest of the war.
The Destroyer Escort that fought like a BB. This ship, with help from the other four DDs and DEs of Taffy-3 fought the Yamato and her escorting surface contingent hard enough to convince the Japs that they were fighting a much larger fleet, eventually running them off.
The Roberts acquitted herself especially well in this action, at one point getting so close that the Jap cruiser she was targeting couldn't depress its guns low enough to hit her. Sadly the ship was sunk, but not before she did serious damage to three Jap cruisers, effectively knocking at least one out of the rest of the war.
HMS Warspite. Built in WW1, fought at Jutland, fought throughout the second world war. Credited with the joint most accurate piece of naval gunnery in history (tied with Scharnhorst), during the Battle Of Calabria, hitting an enemy ship at 26,000 yards. Can't really fault a warship that serves to such a high standard in two wars. Plus it's got a cool name, I mean who calls their ships names like that any more? It's all HMS Cuddly Toy and HMS Soft Furnishings these days.
HMS Acasta
I'm sure you all know the story of how in June 1940 the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau caught the British aircraft carrier Glorious with only two destroyers as escort and no air patrol up, and sank it. They sank one of the escort destroyers too, and the second - HMS Acasta - put up a smokescreen for cover.
At that point, what do you think they did next? A single 1337 ton destroyer*, all alone facing off against two 35,000-ton battleships. Run away? Surrender? Nope. They turned around and charged headlong straight for the two German ships under cover of the smoke, firing their torpedoes. As the destroyer's captain said to his crew, "The least we can do is make a show. Good luck to you all."
Acasta was literally blown out of the water by the German guns - only one man of her crew survived - but she managed to torpedo Scharnhorst and cripple her. The German battleship limped home and then had to go into the dockyard for six month of repairs - meaning that Germany's most powerful warship was unavailable when the plans for Operation Sealion were being drawn up. So Acasta's sacrifice helped save Britain from invasion.
*Yes, her displacement tonnage really was 1337 tons.
You beat me to it! Ah well. I'll go with the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Mainly for the engagement at the battle of the Komandorski Islands. According to Wikipidia the Salt Lake City (unofficially) took part in more engagements than any other ship in the fleet.
another vote for submarines. the german XXI type didnt see much action and came very late in the war, but its nevertheless very impressive
That's actually quite close to the place where I live, yet I've not had the time to visit that place :/
If you're around the area anyway, I'd strongly recommend visiting the Klimahaus as well. You'll want to schedule a full day for that one, though. Even if not all the information is in English, the experience is still strong.
If you're around the area anyway, I'd strongly recommend visiting the Klimahaus as well. You'll want to schedule a full day for that one, though. Even if not all the information is in English, the experience is still strong.
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