Favourite ship of the second world war

[TZoli]

If Submarines than the bigger the badder:
The Sen Toku also known the I-400 Class

Why launch torps when you can launch a Zero or possible a V-1 Buzz Bomb?

 

[Alex_brunius]

Why launch torps when you can launch a Zero or possible a V-1 Buzz Bomb?

Hehe generally torps do more damage to ships though...

I really wonder how well they would have worked in a convoy raiding support role though, for example scouting for shipping and reporting convoy locations to wolfpacks in the airgap in the Atlantic. If its one thing floatplanes are better then torps at its scouting

 

[TZoli]

Indeed, or imagine one of these launches a V-1 agnaist a Battleship

 

[Fewrfreyut]

Indeed, or imagine one of these launches a V-1 agnaist a Battleship

on a slightly related though a bit off topic post, I sincerely wish that the hybrid battleship-carrier, or even the battleship/carrier/submarine had existed or would exist, though there's no point for it.

/end slight off-topicness.

 

[Boozdeuvash]

The Richelieu:


Could fire 8x380mm from a forward profile offering ~60% smaller target than a side-firing competitor.

 

[TZoli]

Actually there WERE! Crusier/battleship submarine designs by France, Italy, UK and US.
Here is the France one:

 

[podcat]

on a slightly related though a bit off topic post, I sincerely wish that the hybrid battleship-carrier, or even the battleship/carrier/submarine had existed or would exist, though there's no point for it.

/end slight off-topicness.

they are really good at sneaking up on people in Supreme Command (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vEGt4-hCI)

/end very off topic

 

[Alycidon]

I'm going to add the name of HMS Electra to the mix. An E class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

One of the escorting destroyers for:

* Hood and Prince of Wales when they set out on their fateful encounter with Bismarck and Prinz Eugan (although she'd been detached with the other 3 destroyers to extend the seach area and arrived back after the battle)

* Convoy PQ17 before being detached when the Admiralty thought Tirpitz was about to attack

* Prince of Wales and Repulse on their sally up the Malayan coast looking for Japanese invasion forces and meeting overwhelming air attacks instead

* Exeter during the Battle of the Java Sea (both were sunk)

Not very auspicious you may think, but to me she just sums up the 'never say die' attitude that seemed to prevail back then, never mind the odds, up and at 'em!

 

[Forlorn]

The Akagi

 

[Greek HOI3]

The KMS Tirpitz as Germany

The HMS King George V as U.K

And USS Tennessee as U.S.A