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Losing all those APA's is actually really bad for the US. They don't have a huge number of those.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Losing all those APA's is actually really bad for the US. They don't have a huge number of those. Speaking of, is bombing Chunking really the best thing for all of those Betties to be doing? Are they too obsolete to go up against the USN now, even if escorted by modern fighters?
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Zeroisanumber posted:Losing all those APA's is actually really bad for the US. They don't have a huge number of those.
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11 February 1945 Destroyer HMS Pathfinder is immobilized by near-miss bombs exploding in the shallow water of the Pakseik Taungmaw river mouth south of Akyab—similar to mine damage. The ship remained afloat but was not repaired.
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Reuben Sandwich posted:I still have my eyes on those 2 oilers showing up. Did Grey get any of the three giant liners the Allies have at various points (Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and Aquitaine?
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The Sandman posted:Did Grey get any of the three giant liners the Allies have at various points (Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and Aquitaine? xAP Queen Mary Sunk Torpedos Near Koumac xAP Queen Elizabeth Damaged: HF, HD Assumed Near Buka 44/04/09 Never seen the Aquitaine
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAY5bWWO8g0 I forgot to post it in here, but I started up the Close combat mega campaign again - this will be a "when I have time" LP, but I'll try to get videos up sat/sun at least. Here are the first two videos.
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Feb 12, 2019 06:52
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Ikonoklast posted:Watch the movie "Midway" or even "Tora! Tora! Tora!". They are still relevant movies that are watchable today. Sadly midway leaves out the morning bombing of the Japanese carriers by landbased aircraft. Yes none of them hit but it was very important to the battle over all.
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srusnak102 posted:Sadly midway leaves out the morning bombing of the Japanese carriers by landbased aircraft. Yes none of them hit but it was very important to the battle over all. They leave out lots of other stuff too. Which is to be expected as it's a movie. There are a lot of decent documentaries, but they might be a bit dry for the purpose you intended (not boring your significant half with grognard details).
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They found the USS Hornet! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-hornet-wreckage-world-war-two-warship-discovered/ quote:The research vessel Petrel is perched on a spot in the South Pacific Ocean that was anything but peaceful 77 years ago. Then, it was the scene of a major World War II battle between the U.S. and the Imperial Japanese Navies. For the U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, it would be her last battle.
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5 km down. 2800-odd fathoms. Boat deep.
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It'll be interesting to see what other ships they go looking for in the Solomon Islands on this expedition. It went unremarked in the thread, but Petrel found battleship Hiei last week. At a much more accessible (if still fairly deep) depth of 900m.
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Ryujo would be a decent bet, she was lost at Eastern Solomons and I don't think anyone found the wreck yet. Any other major ships in the area whose final resting places we don't know?
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17,000 feet. I'm surprised its not just a crumpled up ball!
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Kibayasu posted:17,000 feet. I'm surprised its not just a crumpled up ball! It would be if there were any unflooded interior spaces.
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It settled pretty nicely, I love the shot of the tractor sitting chained to the deck like nothin' happened.
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The Sandman posted:Ryujo would be a decent bet, she was lost at Eastern Solomons and I don't think anyone found the wreck yet. As I was reminded today, there actually is one more undiscovered US carrier wreck in the Solomons - Wasp. So there's a fairly decent chance Petrel might be looking for her as well. As far as I can tell, Chicago also remains unfound and also rests in the Eastern Solomons, so that's another possibility. Those two also represent the only major US ships still missing in the Solomons. Almost the last major US ships still missing period, aside from CVL Princeton (and six CVEs, if you want to count those as major). It'll actually be interesting what they go looking for next year. The Philippines, to go looking for Princeton and the five CVEs that went down there (mostly around Leyte), plus Shokaku, Zuikaku and Taiho, or Midway for Kaga, Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu, seem like decent guesses.
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Lord Koth posted:It'll actually be interesting what they go looking for next year. The Philippines, to go looking for Princeton and the five CVEs that went down there (mostly around Leyte), plus Shokaku, Zuikaku and Taiho, or Midway for Kaga, Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu, seem like decent guesses.
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Reuben Sandwich posted:If they're looking next year. Keep in mind Paul Allen funded the expeditions but I can't imagine he wouldn't have a long term plan funded and in place at the time of his death. Yeah, I'm aware. I think I recall there was a statement put out around his death that there was a solid line of funding secured for the expeditions for the indefinite future though. That his estate continues to manage a bunch of historic WW2-era exhibits/restorations/etc would certainly seem to support that.
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Lord Koth posted:Yeah, I'm aware. I think I recall there was a statement put out around his death that there was a solid line of funding secured for the expeditions for the indefinite future though. That his estate continues to manage a bunch of historic WW2-era exhibits/restorations/etc would certainly seem to support that.
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Reuben Sandwich posted:That's great to know. It's been long rumored Heritage is working on a Ju-87 to airworthiness. Was getting Kavanaugh on the court not enough?
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Ron Jeremy posted:Was getting Kavanaugh on the court not enough? D&D is that way
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Let’s Play is just D&D by other means
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Ron Jeremy posted:Let’s Play is just D&D by other means Reuben's referring to the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, not anything to do with the Heritage Foundation. Not that you likely care, since you just wanted to make some idiotic comment. Or, in other words:
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Jokes? On MY dead gay comedy forum? WELL I NEV--
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You can't joke in here, this is the war room!
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Lord Koth posted:Reuben's referring to the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, not anything to do with the Heritage Foundation. Not that you likely care, since you just wanted to make some idiotic comment. Or, in other words: This is p harsh, I thought it was a solid throwaway joke, he obviously wasn’t trying to start a debate. 
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Someone needs to explain it to me 'cause I don't get it
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Someone needs to explain it to me 'cause I don't get it The Heritage Foundation was one of the main boosters for getting Brett Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court They share an abbreviated name with the guys trying to restore a Ju-87 The joke is that they're one and the same because Kavanaugh is also really well to the right-wing, as is a bomber used by literal Nazis
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gradenko_2000 posted:The Heritage Foundation was one of the main boosters for getting Brett Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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I thought the Clausewitz joke was p good too tyvm. 
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Ron Jeremy posted:I thought the Clausewitz joke was p good too tyvm. The better of the two, imo
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Ron Jeremy posted:I thought the Clausewitz joke was p good too tyvm. I thought it was solid and well deployed, but liked the Heritage joke more. This is clearly the objectively correct position.
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It's very rude to suggest someone go shitpost politics in D&D when by every measure a vastly superior forum exists for that.
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habeasdorkus posted:I thought it was solid and well deployed, but liked the Heritage joke more. This is clearly the objectively correct position. Japan has obviously acquired German joke analysis techniques or "witzanalysetechnik" in this timeline.
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   If the enemy did this all the time I'd get worried.  We spot an enemy cruiser, but my planes come in ragged, and we score no hits.   We claim another superfort kill.   I'm retasking my raiders to go hunting for that cruiser.   We bag ourselves a Privateer on the way home.  We do lose some planes though.  This must be doing the boys on the ground some good, morale wise.   We're just gunning them down.  Overall, it looks like we won the day in the air.  Truck supplies us with more kills. Grey Hunter fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Feb 15, 2019 |
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  This actually happens near Truck.  There is more dogfighting over Munda.  They go for the carriers, and it ends poorly for them.  Boom!  That was a large showdown over the carriers, but I came out on top today.  We trade ships.
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I've been feverish lately so when I saw that Paul Allen had apparently been funding these searches before his death I was convinced there was a really elaborate joke about American Psycho that was flying in low under my radar.
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Whatever you do, do not talk about the 12th of February 1945.
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