The sloop HMS Diamond Rock
The sloop HMS Diamond Rock
Kara class is sleeker:Originally Posted by Paradox
I like the Kirov class.
Plus they're arguably the only capital ships still in use (depending on if you consider them battlecruisers or missile cruisers).
Besides carriers?
Based on displacement and armament I'd class that as a BC. And it -is- a very pretty ship.
Carriers aren't capital ships. They're floating airfields.
I hope, since he's in the Warships thread, presumably on purpose, that Me is trolling us a bit here.
I haven't really been in the thread (ironic given my degree) but in case no one's posted them
U.S.S. Guam, Alaska-class "Large Cruiser," was the closest the U.S. ever got to having honest battlecruisers in the fleet. The original Lexington-class of the 1920's were mostly scrapped, with two semi-completed hulls being converted into the first American fleet carriers (Lexington and Saratoga). The Alaska-class were never referred to as battlecruisers by the Navy, but their design was true to the BC doctrine of large guns, low armor, and high speed, and like the previous Lexingtons only two were laid down, the Alaska and the Guam.
Quite fetching, if I do say so myself.
Naval History?I hope, since he's in the Warships thread, presumably on purpose, that Me is trolling us a bit here.
I haven't really been in the thread (ironic given my degree) but in case no one's posted them
Also, love the Alaska's. Sexy ships.
Last edited by Jason Marshall; August 2 2012 at 06:14:38 AM.
Confirm. Currently re-reading The Influence of Sea Power Upon History for fun. This degree has really helped advance my career in Information Technology >.>
In soviet russia they are also missile cruisers :V
Just in case missile-launching jets aren't enough.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS WHOLE THREAD? Some annoying slapping eachother people could have used an academic response earlier, not to name any names. Also provide us with more cool pictures ASAP thanks in advance.Confirm. Currently re-reading The Influence of Sea Power Upon History for fun. This degree has really helped advance my career in Information Technology >.>
okWHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS WHOLE THREAD? Some annoying slapping eachother people could have used an academic response earlier, not to name any names. Also provide us with more cool pictures ASAP thanks in advance.Confirm. Currently re-reading The Influence of Sea Power Upon History for fun. This degree has really helped advance my career in Information Technology >.>
1 bonus point for naming the class
2 bonus points for naming the ship of this class (sorta anyway) featured in a novel by a writer with the last name of MacLean
http://wow.naval-history.net/WW2Ship...rmanReport.htm
Should've rehosted before acting like a smartass.
In all honesty I pegged it as a light cruiser without resorting to wikipedia (incidentally, if you want it to be a challenge then ffs rehost the image), but I'm not all that familiar with British ships - I studied mostly American naval history. While I was in the Navy ROTC. And working on a museum ship (U.S.S. Requin, for reference). So my perspective is slightly skewed.
So yeah, that's a Dido-class "AA" light cruiser. HMS Ulysses, huh. Sounds like a good read.
lol
ding ding ding!
and yes, it's quite a good read.
i left it on purpose, dumbass.
expecting people to be able to recognize WW2 light british cruisers is hilariously unreasonable given i am completely unable to do so myself.
What, the crap about nuclear power and EMALs? Sorry, I sit on my ass for most of the day and sometimes just stare into space, but it's still a better use of my time than arguing with Bart.WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS WHOLE THREAD? Some annoying slapping eachother people could have used an academic response earlier, not to name any names. Also provide us with more cool pictures ASAP thanks in advance.Confirm. Currently re-reading The Influence of Sea Power Upon History for fun. This degree has really helped advance my career in Information Technology >.>
Yorktown CV-10 is also currently on display in South Carolina. When I visited the interior was in p. poor condition, but that was years and years ago. They also have a dessie and a sub there for touring, in similarly distressed shape. Restoration work is a serious bitch and not a very popular money sink in tough economic times.
The current Yorktown CG-48 missile cruiser. Ticonderoga class is on the way out, as the Arleigh Burke DDG's take over the surface fleet, and tbh I'm not that broke up about it as the Tico's are a bit of a relic in terms of form and function (and are just kinda ugly to boot). Still it's a bit sad as that's really the end of the line for the modern cruiser, there's just no need for a ship of that class when a DDG can do it all.
I visited the Yorktown about 8 or 9 years ago and from what I remember the portions we allowed to walk in were well kept.
I'm headed to N.C. at the end of August for vacation, I may give up a day to go see the North Carolina, easily one of the best restored ships in the HNSA that I've seen and the ship that got me into the Navy in the first place. Perhaps it's time to pay a visit to Yorktown again, it's a bit of a drive from where I'm staying but it might be nice to see how she's gotten on.
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