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Noshtane posted:In the real world, would it be possible to tow a battleship the size of Yamato behind cruisers or other escorts? Yes, if you had purpose built tugboats. Today container ships that wildly outmass the Yamato can get rescued by sea-going tugboats if they have a major issue in transit. I'm no expert on naval design, but I don't think lashing a battleship sized mass to a cruiser's stern would be very good for the cruiser's structural integrity.
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C'mon Yamato! I've hit 44 in my game and between owning Sing and all of Mindanao have cut off the SRA from Japan, so the rest of the game feels like a huge mopping up operation. So it's time for Ironman! Clicking through all these subs and setting orders is no fun.
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bunnyofdoom posted:If Yamamoto survives today can you let us know it's day by day float damage? Admiral, not you too!  Is Yamamoto an assignable officer in the game? Or does it stop at captain?
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bunnyofdoom posted:If Yamamoto survives today can you let us know it's day by day float damage? I believe it was loss of lift that did in Yamamoto, not flotation
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   You will fall!  Must destroy forts.   Oh crap, it's three fleet carriers! Well, most likely two now.  Here comes the return punch....  They get only three hits – and two of them are duds!  Late to the party and right into the drink.  They get their afternoon strike off first, but it never even sees one of our ships.  We do slightly better – one of our planes sees it's target before getting blown out of the sky.   That was an absolutely brutal day for both sides, but I think I came out on top!  While I have no points for her, I can't say it's a bad call. Three torps and a whole load of operational losses.  My own ships are looking pretty good! At this point the planes and pilots are universally poor and replaceable, so the ships are key to me. The brutal realities of industrial warfare and all that! That said, their hangers are empty of strike craft, so I'm sending them back to Japan to refit. This was a nice going away party!
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Good god drat grey, how do you keep doing this in this year of the war? And for that matter - where the hell was that morning x97 Hellcat CAP to stop you???
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Jul 28, 2018 18:38
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As if the Yamamoto trying to make port wasn't tense enough, we now get carrier action on top of that? You spoil us, Grey!
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Jul 28, 2018 18:43
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Naval history is going to be so loving warped in Greyverse. 
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Jul 28, 2018 18:59
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how many times has grey sank the hornet?
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Jul 28, 2018 19:04
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Flavius Aetass posted:how many times has grey sank the hornet? 0 This is literally the first time we've seen the original Hornet.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:0 Aye, been looking forward to my lucky ship for nearly 3 years and first sighting has her crippled.
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Jul 28, 2018 19:12
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How does this keep happening
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The Hornet and Yamato will survive, but that one torpedo hit on the Franklin will bring it down.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:0 Is it the Hornet II I'm thinking of or have there just been too many carriers and I'm all scrambled up?
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So at this point all of Grey's heavy hitters are gonna be in drydock till 45, right? Looks like the AI will finally be able to start their island hopping campaign 
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Jul 28, 2018 19:51
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Your forces at Manus are out of supply, Grey.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:How does this keep happening I warned you about the Kido Butai, bro.
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Yamato lives another day 
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... Congratulations. Two mauled Allied CV's is a great way to hit the summer. No major damage to your own ships, Yamato limps away with no one seemingly after her.. And you still havea big striking Carrier force. Which will be upgraded. So hopefully come the fall you will have your CV task force refitted, reloaded with updated planes and air wings - and maybe the pilots will have some time to get training in! Make sure you keep planes on the correct upgrade paths, good luck wiht pilot training, and this is a bang up way to start the second half of 1944!
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Actually, someone remind me where Grey's two Shokakus are, because that's a decent chunk of potential air power missing from that battle. Are they actually there, and just in a different TF, or are they repairing or something?
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Flavius Aetass posted:Is it the Hornet II I'm thinking of or have there just been too many carriers and I'm all scrambled up? the Hornet II is still going to be named the Hornet, even if the original Hornet is still active
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gradenko_2000 posted:the Hornet II is still going to be named the Hornet, even if the original Hornet is still active I like to imagine the original Hornet crew is miffed that high command decided to have a Hornet II built while they were still operational.
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Junyo taking that 1000-lb bomb and not giving a single gently caress.  Look on the bright side, getting the carriers back to the Home Islands to repair/upgrade and build their wings means at least some time to train up the pilots, too.
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Danann posted:Naval history is going to be so loving warped in Greyverse. Grey you magnificent bastard! I read your book! It made no sense! It defied logic! It's why I'm sailing the Habakkuk to engage in mighty combat with Tokyo Bay Fortress! It is joined by the battleships Montana, Alaska, and Saskatchewan! Exclamation point! CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Jul 29, 2018 |
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Grumio posted:I believe it was loss of lift that did in Yamamoto, not flotation I just wanted to let you know I appreciated this.
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lol I came into this thread after seeing 30 new replies thinking for sure we lost the Yamamoto. Instead somehow we managed to sink even more Allied carriers.
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Yamagatamoto
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It’s gotta be blood lust for the Americans to continue this war. If it emulated citizen morale USA would’ve caved by now.
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jaegerx posted:It’s gotta be blood lust for the Americans to continue this war. If it emulated citizen morale USA would’ve caved by now. I don't know about that, I think they'd be pretty mad, at least until 1946.
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Cantorsdust posted:lol I came into this thread after seeing 30 new replies thinking for sure we lost the Yamamoto. Instead somehow we managed to sink even more Allied carriers. Theoretically the Hornet has taken some pretty bad damage but no confirmation it went down and we're not getting followup strikes on it. One other Allied CV took damage but not extensive (just a torpedo hit). At the very least the Allied CV's shouldn't be loitering around Truk anymore - well, the Bunker Hill might if it detatches the damaged ships but it's taken some plane losses so hopefull not too long. Roughly 200 planes were lost for at least one badly damaged CV and one with minor to moderate damage and roughly 100 USN planes. No significant damage to the KB other than a single bomb hit which didn't do much. The carriers are going to go into a refit where they'll be at dock for awhile which hopefully will le tthem rebuild airgroups and get in new pilots and perhpas even some training. If really lucky the new planes/upgrades that Grey's making will make up the new airgroups by that time and he'll have had maybe a month or two of pilot training, new planes, and upgraded ships to meet the Allies with when they start another offensive.
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Flavius Aetass posted:Is it the Hornet II I'm thinking of or have there just been too many carriers and I'm all scrambled up? Yup!
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Grumio posted:I believe it was loss of lift that did in Yamamoto, not flotation Idgi, how did he die? Hanging?
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Omobono posted:Idgi, how did he die? Hanging? His plane was shot down by USAAF P-38s. Although, even if somehow his damaged plane landed, he got hit in the head by one .50cal bullet, and I don't think he could have survived that. quote:A post-mortem of the body disclosed that Yamamoto had received two 0.50-caliber bullet wounds, one to the back of his left shoulder and another to his left lower jaw that exited above his right eye. The Japanese navy doctor examining the body determined that the head wound killed Yamamoto.
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Omobono posted:Idgi, how did he die? Hanging? he was assassinated during an inspection tour in the Solomons
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Omobono posted:Idgi, how did he die? Hanging? The US put a hit out on him in 1943.
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  I rain more fire on Manus.  A much rarer Liberator raid is seen today.   The bombers keep up the good work.   We see another dogfight in Burma.  My supply ships take the Allies anger for their defeat yesterday.  I wish I had the planes left to engage!  Those carriers are going home it seems, but I'm sure I took one of them out!  Claiming the Franklin as well seems a tad optimistic!
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