>>42821582
>[x] Hey, Kitakami - which girl looks the most like a barge in her fit-out? We need BAIT.

Oh man planefag, if you want samefagging this is the best way to get it.

>>42821582
>[x] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

Then call Goto. We're not putting another girl through this.

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821582
>[ x] Hey, Kitakami - which girl looks the most like a barge in her fit-out? We need BAIT.
Shipgirl on riding mower trailing sausages.

>>42821582
>[ ] Hey, Kitakami - which girl looks the most like a barge in her fit-out? We need BAIT.

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

Guys let's be serious here, using a girl as bait wouldn't be as effective as the other choices. Do not forget that getting carried away with trolling lead to the Shigure fiasco.

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821582
>.
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

Hamp you motherfucker get over here.

>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.
>Also see if Shokaku will help

Why not get carrier support?

>>42821647
Gun, ceiling, /tg/ decision making.

Not that I disagree with you in the slightest.

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

This and call Goto. The corgis are our responsibility let's fix this without wafu wars.

>>42821582
>[X] We call Goto - the press conference should be over by now and we really should bring him into the loop on this.

GO GO GOTO

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>TIME FOR SHIPSLUTS

>>42821582
[x] We secure additional scouting assets

>>42821582
>[X] We call Goto - the press conference should be over by now and we really should bring him into the loop on this.
He should be alerted about Shigure and the dogs at least.

>>42821582
>[ ] Hey, Kitakami - which girl looks the most like a barge in her fit-out? We need BAIT.
So uh, the votes last time don't count anymore?

>>42821582
>[X] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

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Every thread.

>>42821582
[ ] Hey, Kitakami - which girl looks the most like a barge in her fit-out? We need BAIT.
we need someone with dat displacement

>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821647
>>42821687
I just realized, can't we pull Hamp for this?

Not for his floatplanes, but for the flag he raised in the DD store with Shigure?

>>42821582
>[ ] We call Goto - the press conference should be over by now and we really should bring him into the loop on this

>>42821582
>>[X] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821582
Didn't we vote on this last thread?

[] Call Goto ourselves

[] Secure additional scouting assets
Detail Hate and Yamato to round up floatplanes

>>42821705
Blame a retarded write in.

>>42821744
We're looking for Corgis, not Shigure.

>>42821773
>Not shigure
Fuuuu--
I blame my lack of sleep.

>retarted write-in
Care to remind me anon?

>>42821697
what anime is this?

>>42821768
Yamato has floatplanes.

>>42821582
>[X] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

Huh rare time that I join the quest near the beginning.

>>42821800
Mr. Bones Wild Ride

>>42821798
Splitting off in a shipping heavy fashion, including having Yamato run around without disguise BEFORE settle got her ok'd

>>42821800
Overlord.

>>42821582
>[x] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

Paging all Seaplane Tenders

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Idaho/Yamato teamup when, planefag?

They can be Big Spud and Big Yam.

All I wanna see is SoDak come back.

>>42821768

there were not very many votes so I figured, give erryone a proper crack at it

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>>42821582
>[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.
Aww yeah. It's that time again. Time for shipgirls!

>>42821582
hate and yamato get scouts, Arizona and us to goto

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>>42821800
log horizon

>>42821893
>Shoukaku trolling Kaga
pfffft


>>42821877
>tfw SoDak becomes an AMERICAN NINJA because of her top-secret status

>>42821582
>[ ] We call Goto - the press conference should be over by now and we really should bring him into the loop on this.

>>42821917
>subs provided by glorious motherland's translation ministry

>>42821582
[ ] We call Goto - the press conference should be over by now and we really should bring him into the loop on this.
[ ] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.
Carriers + floatplane carriers

>>42821582
>[x] We secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

We should probably set up a group activity where the shipgirls are given a crate containing bandannas. Each bandanna will have the hull number of one of the PT boats the US launched during WWII (it'll be a big-ass crate, ok?). We have the girls grab one of the bandannas and call out the number printed on it. When the appropriate corgi wanders over, they tie it around his neck. Once that's done, we attach the corgis to various shipgirls, never more than four at a time, so we can avoid pack behavior starting up (or at least get the PT boats to see their assigned handler as their particular "Alpha").

This will help us recognize when a newly-manifested PT boat is running around, since they'll lack the bandannas, and should also cut down on incidents like what happened to Shigure.

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>>42821946
the best

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>>42821852
>not o'bannon

VOTES CALLED FOR

FLLLLLLLOATPLANES

TOOT TOOT

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>>42821990
>mfw I arrive in thread just as this is posted

At least I had the presence of mind to scroll to the bottom and check rather than making an ass of myself by posting a vote too late.

>>42821979
>Japanese shipsluts in charge of American PT boats
That sounds like a terrible idea.

>>42821990
Spud fleet soon?

Abyssals pelted by potatoes, frito lays and hash browns?

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>>42821990

>>42822019
REMOVE CHIHAYA REMOVE CHIHAYA
YOU ARE WORST IDOL YOU ARE WORST SMELL

>>42822019
nice blog mate

>Call Goto
Uh, Settle just took a swim in Tokyo Bay. His phone is probably kill.
inb4 something urgent is happening and Settle is unavailable

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>>42821725
It probably says something about me that I put this image, filename and all, onto my phone just for these threads

>>42822084
He's Navy, they probably issue waterproof cases to Fag Officers

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Planefag, dess butt card game when?

>>42822100
Would either the Virginia or the Monitor even be seaworthy?

>>42822084
I doubt an admiral would want a phone that's not waterproof. Because you know, waterproof smartphones exist, and the navy tends to deal with areas with large amounts of water.

>>42822100
It means you have good taste in potential frigatefloozies

>>42822101
>>42822123
>Expecting the Navy to make smart decisions about procuring COTS equipment
It's gonna be whatever Admiral in charge of procurement though looked shiny and cool that week.

>>42821990
O'Bannon can be in charge of the destroyers attached to the two BBs.

>>42822111
>tfw it's teitoku daki-style card games

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>>42821990
O'Bannon was freaking awesome, and the conception in Pacific is really awesome.

>>42822122
On the one hand maybe leaning towards no, on the other hand a lot of abyssals we've seen have had similar/marginally improved seaworthiness compared to them, so.

>>42822123
>and the navy tends to deal with areas with large amounts of water.
Flag officers tend to deal more with large amounts of office block.

>>42822167
This is reaching Attack on Titan levels of potato throwing, now.


>>42822190
Good point. Although I always pegged the Redoubtable to be intended as a seafaring ironclad in the first place...

>>42822123
And yet so many seamen throughout history have been unable to swim.


ALSO!
I suspect that Arizona slipped our CAC card into our jacket back when she slipped our phone out for her pantomime.

>Thomas and Harder tossing a baseball back and forth, talking about submarine stuff- how things changed, how they stayed the same

>>42822279
wow I want this to happen so bad

>>42822279
>Thomas
I look back at this and still find it awkward that PACCOM has a new admiral at the reins.

>>42822295
I take comfort that the the timeline has diverged so soon

You know, I won't be surprised if Poi gets pissed at the PT Corgis after what they did to Shigure.

>>42822295

http://www.c7f.navy.mil/leaders/commander.htm

7th fleet, not PACCOM

>>42822295
maybe he got relieved and thomas retook his place?

>>42822331
um planefag, 7th does have a new commander

>>42822322
>SOLOMON YO WATASHI WA KAETTE KITA goes here

>>42822331
Ah, my bad.

>>42822340
>>42822314
Indeed. I guess it's just one thing we can overlook, after all.

Wonder if any boards other than SB/SV are following this.

>>42822322
Not the Poi

>>42822400
>Inb4 /k/ommandos and /a/ are shadowing our fleet's maneuvers

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>>42822073
You focken wot m8?

>>42822400
Probably not in an organized fashion, though I don't doubt there's some of the /ak/ crowd here

>>42822460
>some
They're the most numerous part of this quest, more than SB and SV combined.

>>42822451
TAKANE ALIVE IN SERBIA
TAKANE MAKE ALBUM OF SERBIA

>>42822483
I mean /ak/ who aren't also particularly /tg/

>>42822400
WHO /k/ HERE

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>>42822486
REMOV SHIJOU
HIME A SHIT
CHIHAYA BEST IDOL
STRIKE EAGLE BEST PLANE

Are there any other shipsluts in the us navy? Aside from iowa and the ones with us?

>>42822505
AAAAAHHHHHHH MOTHERLAND

>>42822505
Ayo.

>>42822523
no

>>42822523
No. Iowa and the girls/boy here with Settle are all there is for now

>>42822523
Other than the ones we don't know about, no.

>>42822523
So far no one else has reported for duty, but all the other museum ships are on lockdown.

>>42822522
>All those cluster bombs

>>42822522
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG8P5ljnn6k

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>>42822574
You think that's nuts?
Check this shit

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>>42822505
>>42822505
Questing operationally.

>>42822650
Itami is best ex-husband

>>42822625
Making the most out of the mudhen's loiter time, I see.

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>>42822522
All hail Fancism.

>>42822659
>I don't need to be accurate when I have enough for 10 more passes

>>42822322
>Poi
Oh yeah I thinking a it's a toss up she goes to Goto to be official about it. Or gets in settles face and tells him point blank that she will kill any corgi that attacks anyone on base if they cannot get them under control.

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Daily reminder that Abyssification is contagious even to living creatures.

>>42822676
>IWishIhadTheGasJustLikeTheMudhen.mp3

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>Hamp, Hornet and Shoukaku.png

Scouting cruisers are best cruisers.

>>42822676
>>I don't need to be accurate when I have enough for 10 more passes
LaughingThanhHóaBridge.jpg

>>42822682
>Oh yeah I thinking a it's a toss up she goes to Goto to be official about it. Or gets in settles face and tells him point blank "Poi poi poi"

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>>42822682
>Poi
>Respecting the chain of command
>Respecting the rules of war
Don't make me poi.

>>42822741
>Tap Dat Delicious Keine Ass
all day errday nigga


>>42822730
THEY SPEAK ENGLISH IN 'POI'?!

>>42822725
60's air doctrine was shit.

>>42822713
>Not going for two-for-one
Shirou pls

>>42822725
>Destroyed by USAF F-4 Phantoms using laser-guided bombs and US Navy Vought A-7s with advanced and conventional bombs.
Ty based brick
Ty based corsair

>>42822769
Thank you based SLUF

>>42822781
>>42822769
You know what we need?
MRF patrol boats with flamethrowers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow

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Reminder that they are Eldritch abominations, not your waifus.

>>42822741
Hmm chasing that poor civilian on the riding lawnmower. Wonder if that poor bastard made it out with limbs intact.
Attacking allied personal refusing the lawful order of a superior officer during a time of war.
But their cute dogs so that don't matter at all.

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>>42822803

>>42822846
B-B-B-BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD
B-B-B-BIRD THE BIRD IS THE WORD


Imagine a shipgirl who remembers Nam.

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>>42822846
[fortunate son plays in the distance]
Alternatively, pic related
>select all hot dogs
>still gives 2 pictures of burgers

>>42822769
>>42822781
>not thanking based Paveway
Saturation bombing a shit.

>>42822908
That picture is so absolutely adorable.

>>42822938
I wonder what Rudel would think of our current slew of Paveways, JSOWs and JDAMs.

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"You're listening to ENSA Radio, Entertainment National Services Association; broadcasting to civilian, military, and returned vessels."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWvuB1vSsAc

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>>42822976
Naka-chan is best traffic cone but most pleb video player.

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Planequeer is dead, post more Goto.

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>>42822976
Pic related

planefig still writing, got a bit dizzy there and had to... do nothing and keep writing, I should have taken medicine but what do you even take for that?

fuck it, writing

>>42822976
>you mean one bomber can carry 80 of these?
>yes sir
>And a lighter aircraft could still cary 10
>yes sir
>Sign me up

>>42823029
>I should have taken medicine but what do you even take for that?
The answer is always coffee.

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>>42822963
Then this one should nearly match in adorableness.

>>42823029
>but what do you even take for that?
Alcohol.

That way the dizziness is a side-effect and not a symptom.

>>42823028
>>42823040
Now that I think about it, he'd probably scoff at the paveways.

>Guided bombs? Back in my day the only guidance a bomb needed was the soft touch i gave it as I dropped it directly on top of Russkies. Good times.

>>42823029
>Not drinking hot milk

>>42823029

pls don't die deme

>>42823029
Try eating something, you dolt.

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>>42823029
Aviationhomo is kil, post rusegriz to make him <<rise>> again.

>>42823115
Postponed the start of the thread for that, IIRC. Probably won't help if it hasn't already.

>>42823132
Nigga he started around 7. That's his usual start time.

>>42823029
>what do you even take for that?
It really depends on what's causing it, of course. Make sure you're eating and drinking enough, I guess. If the dizziness persists for a long time, or reappears frequently you should probably go to a doctor because it could very well be something serious.

>>42823029
Crack a window so you don't suffocate alright?

>>42822831
There an imgur for those? I think I only have season one.

>>42823029
If need be cancel the thread people would rather wait for awhile for you to get better then to have them stop all together.

>>42823029
Huh, I heard a complaint similar before. The man died of a brain hemorrhage five hours later.

Though he did hit if head.

>>42823151
Eh, I know that. He said he was getting something to eat on twitter, though.

CAPTCHA, BAGELS ARE NOT DOUGHNUTS

>>42823189
I've heard about that too. But I'm thinking it could also be carbon monoxide in his house.

>>42823029
Meclizine is a good place to start, after the food, fluid and ventilation

Wew, finally on time for a thread.

St. Louis when?

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>>42822831
Poor guy in the end let Nyaruko have her way.
>That night the screams echoed through Nyarlathotep's room: ”No!” 56 times, ”Help!” 77 times, ”I can't do it anymore” 32 times, ”I'm dying” unmeasurable number of times. They all belonged to Mahiro

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>>42823283
HAV

>>42823283
Never planefag is kill

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>>42821725
I bet she'll have a cool hat, a cane, and an tight stern.

>>42823303
rip aeronautical faggot.

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>>42823283

Now

>>42822122
The CSN burned the Virginia so it's probably Abyssal material more than anything ... and it's sitting onnthe bottom at Nofolk. That could be very bad.

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>>42823307
Her guns still work, she can kick ass.

>>42823380
>Hate wrapped in chain shot

>>42823380
The Abyssals have us outnumbered, shit's falling from the sky, we're screwed man, we're totally screwed!

>>42821582

As in last thread:

] Settle and Arizona (Yamato and Shoukaku Optional) call Goto - the press conference should be over by now and we really should bring him into the loop on this.
[ ] (Hate and Kitakami) Secure additional scouting assets - any cruiser with a floatplane over there's gonna lend us their fairy-eyes.

>>42821744
>but for the flag he raised in the DD store with Shigure?
Why does this is p coming up?
Hamp doesn't give a fuck. He really, honestly does not give a fuck. And even if we order him to spend time with Shigure, it'll be painfully obvious that he doesn't give a fuck about her.

>>42823380
Her saluting guns still work. But, with any luck, she'd come back as built. With the leveling effect that could be pretty cool. A (nominally) 44 gun 24/32 pounder frigate was the heavy cruiser of its day...

>>42823461

Imagine if HMS Victory decided to return.

100+ guns, folks. 100+ guns

>>42823461
>>42823380
Given that she's still technically an active-duty ship, with a crew, i'm not sure she'd "come back" anymore than a Nimitz or Arleigh-Burke would.

>>42823330
On the other hand, that's where Wisconsin (I think Wisconsin anyway) is.

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>>42823455
A bit late, but have got a distraction so you can run

>>42823483
She might just wake up.

Settle's ship had a shipgirl soul, she should too and hers is older.

>>42823461
You do remember there was a number of old time British war ships that were sunk in the great lakes ages ago. I wonder who's side they would come back on.

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>When that American asshole replaces your beloved tea with coffee

THIS IS WHAT STARTED THE WAR OF 1812.
DO WE NEED ANOTHER ONE YANKS 'CAUSE THIS IS GROUNDS FOR STARTING ANOTHER ONE (DESS).

>>42823559
Didn't Kongou say that the Chief's NAVY COFFEE (tm) has grown on her?

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>>42823559
how terrible

>>42823541
There are also three Gato-class submarines and a couple of WW2-era destroyers preserved on the Great Lakes, too. I suspect they could take 'em. Even with the leveling effect.

>>42823510
i don't get it

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>>42823559
>Grounds
>Coffee Grounds

>>42823510
>FHS
Thought nobody was translating those anymore?

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>>42823559
>that episode of Time Squad

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>>42823541

The scariest is this one. HMS St. Lawrence.

112 Guns

>>42823559
COME AT ME, REDCOAT!

GO HOME LOBSTERBACK! STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER!

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>>42823559
Bring it.

>>42823607
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6C_TJizYws

Did Planefag die?

>>42823586
Probably a joke on the role of the MiG-25 and MiG-31: supersonic Blackbird hunters.


>>42823596
They released a new translation two weeks ago IIRC.

>>42823606
HMS Ontario was a terror too as well. I think it only had 22 guns at the time. No one dared to fight her.

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>>42823541
>>42823606
And they'll all wear modified period clothing.

>>42823586
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pye_Wacket

>>42823559
BRING IT ON, FILTHY ROSBIF

>That feeling when marine wildlife is an endless resource for Abyssals
>Every literal fucking fish, crab and lobster in the sea can potentially mutate into an abyssal DD
>Shellfish mutating into abyssal submarines
>All the life in the sea, and then these WTF creatures...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UEMUoUS9Q

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>Yamato's face when some American HUSSY of a battleship is walking around the base, arms entwined with HER marine.

>>42823649
Got a link?

Tons of posts and no plot advancement.

>>42823652
Also, in the proudest traditions of the Royal Navy, they'll all be sadomasochistic alcoholics who like anal.

>>42823677
Even better, this one was four days ago.

http://bato.to/read/_/346094/flight-highschool_ch36_by_twodee-scans

>>42823662
Sea Angel abyssals soon

>>42823667
catfight!

>>42823667
>Iowa's face when some HUSSY of a battleship is walking around the base, guns held by HER marine.

FTFY

>>42823710
My memory and imagination fails me for Sea Angels.

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>>42823662
>All the life in the sea, and then these WTF creatures...

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>>42821697
>Somebody else posted it this thread

>>42823741
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVMyg9dXkWo

>>42823710
Thanks, buddy

>>42823746
Wasn't there a hentai game CG that's very old somewhere, showing someone melting into basically a tentaculat with little fairy wings in an ocean with other brain-fairy... things?

>>42823772
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErNiQnZmlKg

These are where the Abyssals are spawning from.

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>>42823792
Please tell me that was one of the bad ends

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“We start with more scouting assets,” you inform Hate seriously.

Hate quirks his eyebrow. “Couldn't we send a base-wide text or something?”

“And ask them to tweet the dogs location?”

“Yeah.”

“One, there's probably multiple groups running around and two, we really don't want this public. Trust me.”

“Okay,” Hate says with a shrug. “Lead on, Cap'n.”

“Hate?”

“Yeah?”

“You're leaving the gun in the jeep, right?”

He gives you The Blankness, the all-encompassing look that every Marine first learns in Basic to shed like water the hatred the DI pours down like rain. You raise your hands in the air, washing them symbolically - “I Tried.”

The party is in full swing now, and someone's even toted out a boombox and put on some 90s hits - “All Star” is currently on. You espy Naka sitting in a folding chair, cheek propped on her hand as she studies Harder from across the party. He's bobbing his head to the beat, a new CD ready in his hand. Every now and then he rocks slightly as two JSDF marine airmen in singed uniforms slap him on the back - the survivors they brought in. A medic is checking their vitals and looking rather annoyed as they keep proffering him beer bottles. The corpsman catches sight of you, and you wink and tilt an invisible bottle up to indicate its okay.

Those airman survived their torpedo run. Not everyone in their flight did. Even in the glow of victory, some things are best buried till the morn by any means possible.

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“Hello, Admiral Settle~” a voice greets you. You find yourself approached by what looks like a pair of identical twins - it takes you a moment to notice the subtle differences, and the red bow in one's hair. “Beg pardon?”

“I don't think we've met yet,” the slightly shorter one replies, touching her chest. “I am Ise.”

“And I am her sister, Hyuuga,” the other one says, her voice a little softer and refined... almost reserved.

“Ah. Pleased to meet you,” you say, shaking both their hands in turn. “I'd love to chat, but we're in a bit of a hurry. We're looking for Tone.”

“And Chikuma,” Hate adds.

“Oh, they're in ordinary at the moment,” Ise replies. “Too much damage from that battle. The new guy took a beating on his superstructure but no waterline damage like they did.”

“Crap,” you mutter. “You girls must carry a few floatplanes, right? Could we borrow them?”

Ise giggles, and Hyuuga favors you with a slight smile. Before you can query them further, someone slaps your shoulder companionably, almost making you rock. “Ay, skip - damn, stout lad, eh? Welcome to the party!”

You turn to find Hamp still holding your shoulder, leaning on it as he drains a Dunkin Donuts cup. He tosses it over his shoulder (you hear it rustle in the trash can's bag on impact) and switches to the second ready-to-go cup he was cradling in the crook of his elbow. “Come to put your battleship out to graze?”

Arizona's entire body rotates to face him, arms slowly folding over her chest - you hardly see her ankles move, as if a steel turntable beneath her is slewing her blunt gaze to bear. Hamp tilts his coffee at her. “Hey, that's why I'm here too. Sure beats UNREP, you know?”

“Hamp,” you manage.

“Ay, skip?”

“You... just came back.”

“Yep.”

“To LIFE.”

“Ayep.”

“And you're...”

He makes a little circle in the air with his cup to encourage you to finish.

“... just... good with it.”

>>42823818
I remember it was a multi-CG sequence like... the person was melting or digesting or being peeled away in some stomach and then a new life as fairy-winged brain-and-spinal cord swimming in the ocea

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Hamp looks back over his shoulder at the donut table, then looks back at his coffee.

“Do they have coffee in Hell?” he asks, and takes a long, satisfied sip. “Maybe they don't. They do here. I'm not getting hung up on details.”

“That was quite the entrance you made,” Hyuuga allows.

“I'll say!” Ise says. “Just popping out of the depths like that and then-” she whips out twin fingerguns from invisible hip holsters. “Blammo!”

“What was it like?” Hyuuga asks him. “What... what brought you back?”

“Was it the call of your doomed Indian Princess, summoning you to her side at the penultimate moment!?” Ise asks. “Was it your patriotic spirit, summoned by the struggles and emotions of your comrades? Was it the spirit of America herself, calling you back from the depths to serve once more?”

“It was a guy shouting really loud,” Hamp replies.

Ise blinks.

“Liiiiiiike,” Hamp says, searching the air. “Y'know when the Chief gets mad - and I do mean mad, as in also-synonym-for-insanity-and-cat-bites-dog-tier-apeshit mad - and he just opens his mouth and screams and there's no words in it, just this high-pressure stream of rage that somehow conveys information by frequency modulation because the amplitude is fucking maxed and he kind of pins you to the wall with this, this spotlight beam of rage and kind of steeeers you around with it by moving his head left and right?”

“Our... officers just... just beat people,” Ise says quietly.

“... advanced technique,” Hyuuga whispers, entranced.

>>42823863
>We really summoned hamp.

Aha.

AHAHAHHAA.

Wait till CINCPAC and SECDEF hear of this.

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“So anyway,” Hamp says, “can I get you some coffee, or a beer?”

“Actually we're working,” you say. “Hamp, we need to find somebody fast. Could I borrow your floatplanes?”

“HIS floatplanes!?” Ise exclaims, aghast.

“Yeah,” you reply. “That's three pair, that ought to cover the base pretty fast-”

“Three *pair!?*” Ise gasps. “Admiral, don't you know who we are!?”

“.... no?”

“We are Ise and Hyuuga, the worlds first and only Aviation Battleships!”

Hamp leans forward, still dangling off your shoulder. “The... what now?”

“Aviation battleships!” Ise exclaims. “We removed an aft gun turret to make room for a sizeable catapult deck and converted the ammo storage to a proper hangar!” She places a hand on her chest and closes her eyes, a smile on her lips. “My sister ship and I carry twenty-two planes!”

“*Apiece,*” Hyuuga chimes in with a soft, superior smile.

Hamp opens his mouth.

Hamp closes his mouth.

“Ah. Oh. So you...” he trails off. “You are battleships...”

They nod.

“That carry....”

They both wait patiently.

“Planes.”

They nod. From the corner of your eye you see Kitakami slooowly raise one hand to pinch the bridge of her nose as she takes a slow, steadying breath.

>>42823850
Sounds...fun?

>>42823863
Settle confirmed for Red Wizard.

>>42823863
So we *did* summon him. Somebody make a note that pissed off desperate Settle can summon ship spirits. That could prove rather important ...

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>>42823794
Oh are we going there then?

>>42823903
DUN DUN DUUUUUN

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“Okay,” Hamp says. “Floatplanes? For scouting things. For carriers. Like the cruisers,” Hamp says, carefully tip-toeing back to firmer ground.

“Scouting!?,” Ise says. "Tch. Half our complement is dive bombers!” She crosses her arms and nods enthusiastically at him in a take-that gesture, clearly thrilled with her uniqueness.

Hamp just stares at her, his mouth hanging open. “Ah. You. How do they, uh...”

“The dive-bombers divert to nearby land bases after attacking,” Hyuuga explains politely, “and the floatplanes are recovered for further patrols.”

“So.” Hamp does some visible addition in his head. Then he does it again. “Twenty-two dive bombers.”

They nod.

“And twenty-two floatplanes.”

Ise makes a pouty face, suspecing she's being mocked, but Hyuuga just catches her shoulder. “Easy, Ise! You know how American schools are!”

“And you... removed a gun turret, and replaced the armored, highly compartmentalized, flashproof and floodable shell magazine... with an enclosed aircraft hangar.”

“Indeed,” Hyuuga says. “We were the worlds first pioneers of combined-arms naval operations, capable in any clime, season or situation. Like the water we sail on, we are fluid and all powerful.”

“Capable of combat in the air above us or against targets below!” Ise continues enthusiastically. “We can move above the seven heavens and below the seven earths-”

“Ise, that's Chinese.”

“-I mean on the water but we can kill anyone ANYWHERE!” she says, slapping her fist into her palm. “Our planes have OFFENSIVE power you yankee floatplanes can only dream of!”

>>42823927

Still not something we should rely on in a pinch. Too erratic. Better to win with Superior American Firepower.

Something to note:

Hamp's return is another point in favour of the theory that ships that return on their own bring with them their equipment 'as sunk' and summoned ships bring with them their equipment 'as built'. We see this in his comment of 'radar master race', since the Northampton class was refitted with the new radars in 1940.

I speculate that this might be due to the fact that they might feel that 'they have something they still need to finish/do'.

>>42823982
They're cute. I like them.

We should Shanghai them into our ragtag band of misfits.

>>42823982
>>42823982
Ya know, Hamp seems like the kinda guy who is difficult to piss off, but when he hits that point everything dies while he doesn't bat an eye.

>>42823982
She doesn't know about Hamps floatplanes

How could she know

>>42823903
They sure are upbeat about having been remodeled to serve two incompatible roles and then being useless at both of them.

>>42824008
That makes Naka's assignment easier, I guess.

>>42824012
A little enthusiastic about their capabilities though.

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“Okay,” Hamp says, a growing strain on his face as he tries to keep it looking halfway pleasant. “So you... have...” he takes a deep breath - “planes, on a battleship and...”

They hover expectantly.

“That's a thing!” he decides at last, hoisting his coffee congratulatory as he slaps you on the back. “Skipper, I'm gonna get a refill and I'll be right back, okay?” He beats a hasty retreat.

“Not too bright, is he?” Ise says sadly. “Shame, he's such a handsome boy.”

“He's just stunned, dear,” Hyuuga says gently. “It's a bold concept, it catches a lot of people by surprise.”

“Admiral,” Kitakami nearly growls from near your shoulder, “can't we just borrow their *planes,* and not them?*”

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>>42823982

>>42824039
Well, they *are* looking at this with hindsight and the knowledge of modern technology.

Replace their planes with Drones and Helos and suddenly they're the best amphibious assault ships ever.

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Hamp returns in short order with something brassy sticking out of his ears. You notice the corpsman is tucking something small and rectangular back onto his belt.

Hate squints. “Are you-”

“WELL, LET'S GO!” Hamp says cheerfully, handing Kitakami something and doing a bad job of keeping it surreptitious. Kitakami opens her hand to find two bullets in it, and Hamp quickly closes her fingers over them again. She raises one eyebrow.

“I don't get it. Is this a proposal?”

“Aahhh, haaa, no, sweetheart, if I had a tack hammer it'd be a fucking mercy,” Hamp mutters. His Outfit manifests about him, a little flutter of air tugging at your still-soaked uniform jacket, and soon two blue US Navy seaplanes are buzzing about his head, each of them smaller than even a rubber-band model like you used to build as a kid. “So, skip, who are we looking for?”

“PT Boats,” you tell him. “They look like Corgis.”

Hamp opens his mouth, and before he can comment, Kitakami reaches up and gently pushes his jaw shut again. He sucks his lips into his mouth, nods, and whips his finger in a circle. The planes buzz off, intent on their target.

Ise and Hyuuga follow suit, their own sizeable squadrons manifesting about them like circling flies and arrowing off eagerly to all corners of the base.

“... is this going to take long?” Kitakami asks about twenty minutes later, checking her watch.

“Why, you have somewhere to fucking go?” Hate snaps.

Kitakami looks away and deigns not reply.

“Contact report!” Ise says. “Pack spotted, due south-south-east of our current position, in the treeline on the hill! They're headed West, bearing two-seven-six!”

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Jesus Christ those two are something special all right.

>>42824047
Kitakami's I AINT DEALIN WITH THIS SHIT meter just went overboard.

And I don't know if Hamp is trolling or what.

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>>42824039
NO

BULLY

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“Shit, they're close,” Hate says.

“Yeah, we can get there fast-”

“We'd have to cut through the goddaman dockyard facilities,” Hate points out.

“Why do you say that like you give a fuck?” you demand, instantly suspicious.

“I don't, I'm just covering my ass for when you complain about my driving later.”

“Fine,” you snap. “Compromise - Hamp drives.”

Hate shrugs. He won't be shrugging ten minutes from now.

[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.
[ ] We can't afford to lose them - have those planes do aggressive low passes, herd them away from people and keep them pinned down!

>>42824044
To be fair, the basic idea was eventually vindicated, although with choppers.
There's a pair of DDHs named Ise and Hyuuga.

(Plus, Japan had lost their carriers due to Midway so they were kinda scrambling for any kind of flight deck)

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>>42824039
>They sure are upbeat about having been remodeled to serve two incompatible roles and then being useless at both of them.

You just changed the course of this *entire* fucking thread.

You have just sent it to a place of wonders.

Later, when it all goes shenanigans up, I will look back at this post and share with you a bro nod.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.
We can't afford to give away the situation to the possibly-still-on-base media.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive UNLESS THEY ATTEMPT TO ATTACK OR CHASE SOMEONE.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

The dogs have Bofors and Oerlikons, best not to provoke them.

>>42824085
>[ ] We can't afford to lose them - have those planes do aggressive low passes, herd them away from people and keep them pinned down!

>>42824085
[]Nothing aggressive

We spook those dogs they'll go fucking apeshit

>>42823982
"Oh yeah? One of our escort carriers sank a heavy cruiser with its guns. What was your combat record like?"

>>42824085
>[x] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

Low passes are likely to just scatter the damn furballs to hell and gone.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824085
>[x] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824102
True, true.

I'm worried about them asking for a deck upgrade so they can get Lightning II's though.

>>42824106
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU----

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824085
>[ ] We can't afford to lose them - have those planes do aggressive low passes, herd them away from people and keep them pinned down!

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.
They're corgis, and still potentially hostile to japs. they get air attacked, Ise's planes are gonna get shot at.

>>42824039
You asshole. See what you've done?

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>>42824106

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824085
>[x] We can't afford to lose them - have those planes do aggressive low passes, herd them away from people and keep them pinned down!

If we can get through today without convincing anyone to kill themselves, that'd be nice.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

I agree with >>42824116, if they're attacking jap ships, they won't hesitate to fire on low-flying jap scout planes.

And that would mean losing our eyes on them.

We can always save the aggressive flybys for when someone is in imminent danger of being assaulted by them.

>>42824085
>>42824113
I second this notion

What did Hate pour into his ear?

>>42824085
>>42824113
This
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive UNLESS THEY ATTEMPT TO ATTACK OR CHASE SOMEONE.

>>42824039
Now when something goes horribly wrong we know who to blame.

>>42824084
Always nice to see art of them that makes them lovely, not female bodybuilders.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824085
That's a big bat.

>>42824172
I second this motion.

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>>42824106
>>42824039
>dammit anon

>>42824146
In-game they mention their DDH versions so if anything they'd ask for that. The first and only BBHs in the world.

>>42823029
Drink water, faggot. You're dehydrated.

>>42824106
No planefag no

also guys

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Fuso_Trial_Heading_Left.jpg

this actually fucking existed

they built this

this was a thing that existed

>>42824085
>[ ] We can't afford to lose them - have those planes do aggressive low passes, herd them away from people and keep them pinned down!

>>42824157
I doubt anybody would assume otherwise.

>>42824188
Hamp put bullets in his ears.

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>>42824215
>>42824106
YES PLANEFAG YES

>>42824233

I dont get it

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>>42824233
Jesus Christ

>>42824241
Technically, he put the brass casings in his ears. The took the actual bullet part out and gave them to KTKM.

I hope he took the powder out first, TBH.

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>>42824085
[x] We can't afford to lose them - have those planes do aggressive low passes, herd them away from people and keep them pinned down!

Oh sweet Fuck, TALL TOWER IS TALL

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

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>>42824233
But...that's Fuso?

An admittedly retarded design, but not as retarded as BBCV.

Also they sacrificed the rear two turrets, not just one.

>>42824066
At the expense of carrying excessive amounts of tonnage in battleship armour.

Armour which a good amphibious assault ship will never need, and only serves to tax their engine systems/endurance, constrain their top speed, and ultimately provides little to no protection against dedicated air attack or true battleship firepower.

>>42824254
>>42824233
>>42824250
Ahh, the Japs and their pagoda masts....
And you wonder why some military enthusiasts complain about the capital ships of the IJN being top-heavy.

>>42824233
Mother of god that's not a bridge, it's a fucking highrise on a boat

>>42824254
>no Willie D Rocket
0/10

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>>42822706
>To hang around that long is just a sin

>>42824106
AHAHAHAHA!
>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

>>42824284
Tell that to Land-based Silkworms bouncing the fuck off that shit.

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>>42824233
No bully the misfortune sisters.

>>42824250
The ridiculously tall pagodas-atop-pagodas superstructure to support her rangefinders? The two collossal MIDSHIPS-MOUNTED turrets that can ONLY fire into the broadsides?

They may have been working within serious limitations to cram twelve guns onto a single hull, but seriously, the Fuso class were... kind of 'special'.

>>42824295
>www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFP9vDrgZOI
>And while you RTB and scoff
>I'm doing loops and jacking off

>>42824085
[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

side note, maybe we should listen to kitikami and not bring ise and hyuga with. the corgis have already shown they really hate the nishimura fleet. though they arent technically the same hulls as fuso and yamashiro they do look really similar.

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>>42824106
Let's be fair here, Planefag. They weren't as useful as a fleet carrier, sure. Weren't nearly as fast either. But 22 dive bombers is 22 dive bombers, and they still had 8 14-inch guns each plus their armor belt. And this is in addition to their scout plane capacity.

Not only can they still fight some surface engagements, they're literally god-tier at amphibious assaults. They've come to realize this in the modern era.

>>42824106
Huzzah! For maybe the second time in this quest, I'm relevant!

>>42824159
Something wonderful.

>>42824190
Look at it this way: maybe in the aftermath they can be convinced to either finish their conversions or switch to helicopters and get reclassified as a BBH instead. Lord knows the IJN could use some help on the ASW front.

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.
If we spook 'em, we'll lose the planes AND the dogs. AND the dogs'll be even more freaked when we get to them.

>>42824357

22 dive bombers that you can only use once most of the time. It can't really do a CV's job, and it's too vunerable to really BB much. If it's using those guns, it's probably able to take return fire, and that hanger is an explosion waiting to happen.

>>42824357
No, they're shit at amphibious assaults, because they lack something kind of important for that role: any troop capacity worth a damn.

>>42824326
As far as the midships turrets go, that was quite par-for-course for the era they were designed.

The US Navy committed similar derps at a similar time. Take a look at the New Yorks, Wyomings, etc.

>>42823985
>>42823927
>>42823863
Obviously like Settle even thought at the time, destiny had fucked him up too much so why not give him at least some kind of breather? Of course you should bet on it happening again. Considering planefag, we'll see that on the abyss side.

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>>42823559
>Fighting a war against America works out some well.

Weren't the Ise's a "Oh fuck, we need carriers right the fuck yesterday" sort of thing?

>>42824357
>they're literally god-tier at amphibious assaults.

No. An aircraft carrier is god-tier at amphibious assaults, because it can launch ground-attack planes that work over targets with much more detail and precision than surface bombardments - and from superior standoff range. A battleship can bombard from outside the range of most shore-based guns just fine, but it still leaves itself vulnerable to counterattack by small boat or interception by hostile surface forces (e.g. both bombardment missions to Guadalcanal.) In exchange it compromises both its survivability AND its firepower, the two cornerstones of the battleship, in exchange for an extremely limited airpower component that is useable exactly once, and only within range of friendly land bases.

They were a desperation move and nothing more. If there was any merit in it, modern amphibian carriers would have big guns. They don't bother.

>>42824395
Nope, they're pretty good. They had a *ton* of cargo space for transiting supplies that is easily convertable to troop space.

>>42824084
Those are some impressive STACKS

>>42824440
Yep, and managed to cover up that fact with some nifty sounding BS which the two seem to have bought hook, line and sinker.

>>42824382
Those should be fighters in my thinking, to provide defense against enemy bombers and torpedoes planes as the ship run down the fleet to kill them with those fourteen inchers

>>42823584

USS Silversides is in Michigan; near me. I should visit her again sometime. They filmed a pretty good terror film on it.

>>42824382
>>42824357
>>42824395
>>42824453
>>42824459
>>42824466


Ultimately, I think the real killer isn't their capabilities (or lack thereof), but the cost that really closes the book on this issue.

Building ships with 14" guns & 14"~ armour, just for amphibious assault, would be as costly as building a carrier or battleship of similar tonnage.

And although such a ship might exceed the capabilities of smaller amphibious assualt vessels, it's sheer production scale means it's also *less expendable* than smaller equivalents.

>>42824440
Remember, the British tried a BB-CV combo to. There's a damn good reason they converted it to a full CV

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>>42824326
As some anon above probably said, the midships turrets weren't particularly odd for the era of their design. The Pagodas (while retarded) were also the result of the IJN trying to jam as much shit on their hulls as possible because MUH THEORETICAL QUALITATIVE SUPERIORITY.

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>>42824382
IJN loved it's floatplanes, including floatplane bombers.

>>42824453
>useable exactly once

They could recover planes. IJN floatplanes (both planned and real) are nothing like the shit heap of the kingfisher and could be armed with cannons, bombs, and torpedos.

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>>42823651
>HMS Ontario was a terror too as well. I think it only had 22 guns at the time.

>sloop
>terror

Did she carry a lot of marines?

>>42824085
>[ ] Tell the planes to shadow the dogs - do nothing aggressive.

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I just realized something. The USS Zumwalt is only 8 feet shorter than the USS Arizona. We're getting to the point where modern destroyers are as big as WW2 era battleships.

>>42824453
>If there was any merit in it, modern amphibian carriers would have big guns. They don't bother.

No, people don't bother because Big gun production hasn't been extant for decades and the Navy's been hellbent of ditching the idea forever - If you ask the Marines, there's a *ton* of merit in big guns for amphibious support.

Also, the Anti-Ship missiles tend not to care about the range separation thing, so the armour still has value in that.

>>42824453
>They were a desperation move and nothing more. If there was any merit in it, modern amphibian carriers would have big guns. They don't bother.

Because the US can afford to build two separate ships for cheaper. There have been proposals to do similar things to the Iowas for decades; they literally almost did the exact same thing to them in the 80s before they decided that the 600-ship Navy budget couldn't stretch THAT far. There were concrete plans and refit proposals to remove the aft turret and replace it with a hangar/jump deck for Harriers.

Say, now there's an idea. We can't give the Ises Harriers, but what about those VTOL pancake fighters the Navy was about to build at the end of the war?

>>42824469
I visited the Silversides back in '92, just after they got her five-incher functional again. Shortly after July 4, when they fired it for the first time, actually. (Blank, naturally.)

Tour guide said that when they did, they didn't think to inform the police and fire department, so about five minutes later, EVERY COP CAR AND FIRE TRUCK IN MUSKEGON came screaming into their parking lot to find out what had just blown up! XD

I oughta get back over to the west side of the state sometime, revisit my old stomping grounds...

>>42824473
What, the Furious?

That's such a hilariously noncompatible example that I struggle to see just how you would think to even bring it up.

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>>42824486
>shitheap of the kingfisher

now you done it

now you fucking done it

it's fucking on now chap

VOTES

CALLED

>>42824508
>>42824498
This.

PF, you only just found out Ise/Hyuuga were a thing a few hours ago. Stop pretending you're an expert on the subject.

>>42824488
Chicago going be attack ain't?


Hmmm...

I wonder how much of a shit storm that would cause?

>>42824495
In length, yes, but remember, the Des Moines class CAs were longer than the South Dakota class BBs, but only about half the displacement.

The Zummys are about the same displacement as a WW2 CL.

>>42824488
Yes she did. Over 80 at the time. Granted for her size during the revolutionary war, she was big for a lake bound war ship. In the end she became a glorified troop transport.

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>>42824508
The pancake plane wasn't vtol.

>>42824532
Dude, USN Seaplanes were shit compared to pretty much everyone else's.

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>>42824508
here's the proposed conversion

>>42824523
Shipgirl versions of Dos Gringos when