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fbs -> Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 3:05:48 AM)


Every general knows that soldiers like guns and pin-ups, but, alas, as this is a family-oriented forum we can forget the pin-ups part. So, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the brave fighters diligently assaulting Patch 2, I propose we make a list of the sexiest ships in WW2 (which, considering the bunch here, might be just as exciting for some... oh-oh... [:D] )

Cast your vote:

(a) Prettiest battleship
(b) Sexiest cruiser
(c) Hottest destroyer
(d) Most curvalicious aircraft carrier
(e) Bodacious-est what else you want

Cheers
[:D]



fbs -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 3:09:04 AM)


My takes:

(a) Richelieu-class
(b) Tone-class
(c) None... all these darn destroyers look the same to me
(d) Akagi... love for the big girls, yay
(e) Erebus class monitors... these guys are so odd and creepy that they look pretty

Cheers
fbs



Fishbed -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 3:16:05 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: fbs


My takes:

(a) Richelieu-class
(b) Tone-class



I see you prefer girls with a tiny a*s, don't you? [;)]



freeboy -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 3:18:23 AM)

no pinups? lol



Iridium -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 3:34:54 AM)

BB: Yamato, what a shock, my sig pretty much made me stick to my guns.

CA: Takao, I love that tower they put on it.

CL: HMS Belfast, just nice and clean looking etc.

DD: That Italian built DD that was delivered to the Soviets without a main battery was pretty sleek looking...even better with guns.

CV: Taiho was pretty nice looking...too bad there weren't more (and better) shots of her.

Whatever: Charleston class was always kinda neat looking in a way.



fbs -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 3:37:19 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Fishbed


quote:

ORIGINAL: fbs


My takes:

(a) Richelieu-class
(b) Tone-class



I see you prefer girls with a tiny a*s, don't you? [;)]



Actually, after I posted I was thinking... there must be something Freudian about why I find Nelson, Richelieu and Tone... errr... "interesting"... [:D]

Cheers
fbs



Fishbed -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 4:33:56 AM)

Tiny butt but strong chest, I see [8D]



bacchus -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 4:42:34 AM)

quote:

My takes:

(a) Richelieu-class
(b) Tone-class
(c) None... all these darn destroyers look the same to me
(d) Akagi... love for the big girls, yay
(e) Erebus class monitors... these guys are so odd and creepy that they look pretty

Cheers
fbs


BB North Carolina Class (any ship you have spent the night on is a runaway favorite)
CA Tone class is a beast of a cruiser
CL Brokyln Love the boxy A@s with the stern hanger
DD La Fantanique destroyer that has at all
CV Akagi pre-modernication with triple flight decks
my wiil card is any IJN ship with the huge Pagoda Tower masts. They all look so top heavy and fragile to me.

Just my 2 cents worth



oldman45 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 5:20:25 AM)

a) Prettiest battleship - Hood ( I don't have a good reason, I have always thought it was a beautiful ship)

(b) Sexiest cruiser - Brooklyn (There was not a light cruiser in the world like them)

(c) Hottest destroyer - several come to mind

(d) Most curvalicious aircraft carrier - Lexington CV-2 (Best of the best)

(e) Bodacious-est what else you want - costal defense ship Soerabaia



Kadrin -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 5:25:49 AM)

A. Rodney/Nelson
B. Alaska/Guam
C. Le Fantastique class
D. Saratoga (with the modernization Lexington never got)
E. Illustrious class



fbs -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 5:45:52 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Kadrin

A. Rodney/Nelson
B. Alaska/Guam
C. Le Fantastique class
D. Saratoga (with the modernization Lexington never got)
E. Illustrious class



You got a good one there - Alaska is definitely a beautiful design. Very well balanced, with nice, flowing lines.

fbs



Mike Scholl -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 5:58:13 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: fbs

You got a good one there - Alaska is definitely a beautiful design. Very well balanced, with nice, flowing lines.

fbs


Could have been an easy winner if not for the decision to mount her aircraft amidships (creates an ugly "break" in the superstructure) and that strange looking AAA mounting platform on the bow (looks like a bloody afterthought).



fbs -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 6:09:32 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl


quote:

ORIGINAL: fbs

You got a good one there - Alaska is definitely a beautiful design. Very well balanced, with nice, flowing lines.

fbs


Could have been an easy winner if not for the decision to mount her aircraft amidships (creates an ugly "break" in the superstructure) and that strange looking AAA mounting platform on the bow (looks like a bloody afterthought).




Yeah, and I would vote for her if I could make my mind on what Alaska is... it's not a cruiser, nor a battleship, nor a battlecruiser or an armored cruiser, neither a large light cruiser, nor a pocket battleship. The only definition I can give for the Alaska class is that they are a Scharnhorst... or in technical terms, a pocketbattlecruisership [:D]

Cheers
fbs



byron13 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 6:26:28 AM)

CA: Baltimore class. Another class with balance that just looks right.



warspite1 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 6:33:13 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: fbs


Every general knows that soldiers like guns and pin-ups, but, alas, as this is a family-oriented forum we can forget the pin-ups part. So, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the brave fighters diligently assaulting Patch 2, I propose we make a list of the sexiest ships in WW2 (which, considering the bunch here, might be just as exciting for some... oh-oh... [:D] )

Cast your vote:

(a) Prettiest battleship
(b) Sexiest cruiser
(c) Hottest destroyer
(d) Most curvalicious aircraft carrier
(e) Bodacious-est what else you want

Cheers
[:D]
Warspite1

I cannot do this without splitting between Royal Navy and Others. So:

Royal Navy

(a) HMS Hood - quite. simply. beautiful
(b) HMS Penelope - love the name, love the war record - the escape from Malta.....[&o] - HMS Coventry comes a close second [&o] - ancient old tub, re-fitted as an AA cruiser
(c) HMS Onslow - a bunch of small escort destroyers beats two German cruisers - oh yeah baby [&o] - HMS Petard comes a close second - any ship that sinks a Japanese, Italian and a German submarine all in the same war is the business.
(d) HMS Illustrious - no one could accuse them of being the most effective carriers - look at the aircraft they couldn`t carry - but boy could they soak up punishment, take-it and come back for more - and they looked the part. I love the comment by one US officer who said something like - when a US carrier is hit by a bomb its six months in the dockyard - when a British carrier gets hit by a bomb its "get out the brooms" - priceless.
(e) HMS Warspite - What a girl! An intoxicating mix of new (superstructure) old (hull). Well proportioned - In Fishbed terms; Nice big chest and nice big butt. Great personality - and very interesting down the pub too - lots of good stories to tell. I think I`m in love [X(]

Others

(a) Yamato - she`s just so damn big, and powerful, and looks so mean
(b) Prinz Eugen - I think - I am studying the US cruisers at the moment and I suspect one of these will ultimately take the prize.
(c) Mogador or Le Fantastique - very nice - in a destroyer kind of way!
(d) USS Yorktown. [&o] Our yankee friends sure as hell knew how to build an aircraft carrier. Good-looking, great offensive and defensive capability - the Yorktowns were the business. I chose Yorktown over the more obvious Enterprise because of her never-say-die performance at Coral Sea and Midway, until sadly, after four bombs and two torpedoes, a Japanese submarine succeeded where the Japanese naval air arm couldn`t.
(e) Scharnhorst (with swept funnel). beautiful yet purposeful - just a shame about those rubbish 11-inchers.



String -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 9:21:31 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1

(e) Scharnhorst (with swept funnel). beautiful yet purposeful - just a shame about those rubbish 11-inchers.



Those 11-inchers were anything but rubbish, amazing performance from such a small caliber.



Fletcher -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 9:33:24 AM)

(a) BB Nelson (Royal Navy)
(b) CA County class (Royal Navy)
(c) DD Fubuki class (IJN)
(d) CV Saratoga class (USN, before upgrade).
(e) CV Ark Royal (Royal Navy)

[:D]



Pascal_slith -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 9:46:45 AM)

BB - Mae West
CA - Ginger Rogers
DD - Gene Tierney
CV - Loretta Young
Whatelse - Veronica Lake

You did ask for them....

[:D]



JuanG -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 10:05:32 AM)

BB - Nagato. Very nice and balanced design with just enough superstructure not to overdo it like Fuso.

CA - Wichita. Baltimore is a close second, but for some reason I've always thought Wichita looked better.

CL - Cleveland. This was a tough call, as personally I think a lot of the CLs look pretty unwieldy.

DD - Shimakaze.

CV - Lexington.



Mike Scholl -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 10:42:00 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: fbs

Yeah, and I would vote for her if I could make my mind on what Alaska is... it's not a cruiser, nor a battleship, nor a battlecruiser or an armored cruiser, neither a large light cruiser, nor a pocket battleship. The only definition I can give for the Alaska class is that they are a Scharnhorst... or in technical terms, a pocketbattlecruisership [:D]

Cheers
fbs



They were exactly what they said they were..., large, post-treaty, heavy cruisers, designed to easily defeat the big (read treaty-breaking) Japanese CA's. Same as the Strasbourg's were the French answer to the German
pocket battleships.



LoBaron -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 12:34:55 PM)

A) Iowa class. I like the lines and the bow.
B) The Admiral Hipper. Typical clean German design and.
C) DD´s are ugle by definition but if neccesary i´d go for the Mutsuki
D) CV´s its the same as DD´s, they can impress but not enchant. Illustrious class maybe...
E) ACV Archer definitely. I would never want to sit on that "carriers" island during an attack.
   Youd have to be a qualified basejumper not to **** your pants. [:D]



Chickenboy -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 1:24:42 PM)

It doesn't exactly fit the categories here (like the Alaska), but I've always found the Graf Spee had an aesthetic place in my heart. It just 'looks right' and bristles with lots of AAA above decks. As the first model that I ever made, it might have something to do with my opinion. As Sade says, 'it's never as good as the first time'...[;)]



Shark7 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 4:16:27 PM)

BB: Ise, before they stuck that ridiculous flight deck on it.

CA: Northampton

DD: Shimakaze

CV: Indomitable

Etc: Bogue CVE



anarchyintheuk -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 6:30:30 PM)

bb: Fusos (pagoda fanboy)
ca: Northamptons (specifically the prewar Houston)
dd: Tribal class (even tho the RN ones had a problem with staying afloat)
cv: Lexington/Saratoga (very graceful even with the big stack)
wild cards: Hood/S&G (flawed but just great looking ships)



oldman45 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 8:45:10 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

bb: Fusos (pagoda fanboy)
ca: Northamptons (specifically the prewar Houston)
dd: Tribal class (even tho the RN ones had a problem with staying afloat)
cv: Lexington/Saratoga (very graceful even with the big stack)
wild cards: Hood/S&G (flawed but just great looking ships)



I was thinking about the Fuso and Yamashiro but went with the Hood. There is something about the pagoda's. [:)]



warspite1 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 9:41:16 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: String


quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1

(e) Scharnhorst (with swept funnel). beautiful yet purposeful - just a shame about those rubbish 11-inchers.



Those 11-inchers were anything but rubbish, amazing performance from such a small caliber.

Warspite1

Oh dear....The reference to the 11-inchers being rubbish was to do with the size of the gun compared to the size of the ship and its armour; unbalanced or what?

I would be interested to hear about the "amazing performance" though - tell me more



JohnDillworth -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 9:48:19 PM)

BB has to be the Fuso.
I am also a Pagoda fanboy and this baby is stacked!
Look at that superstructure!![&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]

[image]local://upfiles/31520/7D9CCC912A9C4B82A27BF2D424D15099.jpg[/image]



Erik Rutins -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 9:59:34 PM)

A thread like this really needs more pics!



warspite1 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 10:07:11 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

BB has to be the Fuso.
I am also a Pagoda fanboy and this baby is stacked!
Look at that superstructure!![&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]

[image]local://upfiles/31520/7D9CCC912A9C4B82A27BF2D424D15099.jpg[/image]

Warspite1

Please do not take this the wrong way - every one is entitled to their own opinion - but that is absolutely ridiculous. That is not a warship - it is a complete and utter mess [:D]



warspite1 -> RE: Vote for: Beauty and the Battleship (12/10/2009 10:12:44 PM)

That is a warship....[&o][&o][&o][&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]

[image]local://upfiles/28156/786BA2D17A5E4484BF51518D0559247F.jpg[/image]



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