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showboat1 -> What's your favorite warship? (12/4/2002 4:09:14 AM)

Mine was, is, and forever will be the USS North Carolina BB-55. I am the proud grandson of SF3C Billy B. New, crewmember 1943-1946.

http://www.battleshipnc.com/



Les_the_Sarge_9_1 -> (12/4/2002 4:26:25 AM)

I have always loved the lines of some warships

The Bismarck, the King George V and the Iowa class were beautiful ships.



showboat1 -> (12/4/2002 5:16:12 AM)

I also had a deep love for the USS Enterprise CV-6 as a boy. When I was eight my Dad gave me a copy of The Big E by Stafford that I still have.

[url]www.cv6.org[/url]



U2 -> (12/4/2002 5:41:45 AM)

Hi

The Big E for sure. Those Essex CVs are darn fine ships too.

Dan



Nixuebrig -> (12/4/2002 5:58:57 AM)

[IMG]http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/webpages/S.M.S.%20Grosser%20Kurfuerst%20color%20+.jpg[/IMG]


Source:http://www.kaiserliche-marine.de/default.htm german only, many pics of WWI warships



Sgt.Striker -> (12/4/2002 6:03:04 AM)

HMS Cossack



CCB -> (12/4/2002 7:04:37 AM)

Fav USN: USS Texas

Fav RN: USS Nelson and/or Rodney (unique design)

Fav IJN: Yamato

Fav DKM: Scharnhorst



Les_the_Sarge_9_1 -> (12/4/2002 8:11:24 AM)

Carriers are a potent weapon, but they are ugly all the same man, no beauty of line or eye catching symetry.



brent_2 -> (12/4/2002 11:00:24 AM)

Give me the raked lines of a DD anyday

[IMG]http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/destroyers/sullivans/sullcomp.jpg[/IMG]

or a CG cutter....



jnier -> (12/4/2002 12:24:00 PM)

I'm going with the Battleship Pennsylvania. The image of the old super dreadnought leading the way in the Phillipines is a classic.

[IMG]http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4289/images/BB38-4.jpg[/IMG]



stevemk1a -> (12/4/2002 1:24:08 PM)

Great pic of the Pennsylvania! I use that one as one of my screensavers :cool: I always liked the looks of the HMS Hood, despite its infamous fate it was a fine looking ship ... and the German cruiser Prinz Eugen looks good too, just like a "mini Bismark" (apparently this resemblance was intentional).



Marek Tucan -> (12/4/2002 2:15:55 PM)

Arleigh Burke Class...
Lafayette Class...
(if You take also subs) Typhoon and Oscar Class...

WWII:
Prinz Eugen
Iowa Class...
Belfast Class...
Allen M. Summer Class...
Fletcher Class...



nyarlathotep -> mmmm...if only they were utilized better... (12/5/2002 7:29:18 PM)

[IMG]http://www.warships1.com/ITbb05_VVeneto_strbrdfrt1.jpg[/IMG]



slickric -> (12/6/2002 12:45:31 AM)

The Uss Lincon by far is my favorite war ship out there.

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/020424-N-8794V-001.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/502-and-402-for-the-Break.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/BATTLE-GROUP.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/lightning1.jpg[/IMG]


My cousin is stationed onboard the Lincon at the moment.



Culiacan Mexico -> (12/6/2002 1:00:08 AM)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by slickric
[B]The Uss Lincon by far is my favorite war ship out there. My cousin is stationed onboard the Lincon at the moment. [/B][/QUOTE]Excellent pictures. :)



showboat1 -> (12/6/2002 2:44:42 AM)

Love the lightning pic. What a great shot!

From WW I, i was always a little partial to HMS Princess Royal. I just thought it was a cool name for a warship when I was 7.



CCB -> (12/6/2002 2:52:35 AM)

That last pic of the Lincoln (the one with the lighting) reminds me of that film The Final Countdown.



slickric -> (12/6/2002 12:23:09 PM)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CCB
[B]That last pic of the Lincoln (the one with the lighting) reminds me of that film The Final Countdown. [/B][/QUOTE]

Yea it does, ;)



slickric -> (12/6/2002 1:19:54 PM)

Here are a few more pictures taken aboard the USS Lincon, now these pictures have been taken in the last six months as well as the ones from the previous post.


[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/alaskaruff.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/ciws.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/ciws2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/airmissile.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/F18-shot2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/babyleech/F-18-WITH-LSO-PLATFORM.jpg[/IMG]

Well I hope there is no limit on the amount of pictures allowed here on the Matrix Forums.



Marek Tucan -> (12/6/2002 2:07:01 PM)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by slickric
[B]
Well I hope there is no limit on the amount of pictures allowed here on the Matrix Forums. [/B][/QUOTE]

Let`s hope so... Nice pistures...



Randy -> (12/6/2002 2:27:22 PM)

I will say that my favorite ship would have to be the battleship, the USS Tennessee (BB43). My dad served on the "Big T" from before the attack at Pearl Harbor to almost the end of the war when he transfered to an assault transport.



Frank W. -> (12/6/2002 3:51:35 PM)

anything with sails and at least 200 years old :)



Frank W. -> (12/6/2002 4:10:09 PM)

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/670.html

some really good pics !!!



AbsntMndedProf -> (12/6/2002 11:37:32 PM)

Lord Admiral Nelson's flagship, H.M.S. Victory.

[IMG]http://www.romseynet.org.uk/places/victory/victory1.jpg[/IMG]

Eric Maietta



Bernard -> (12/8/2002 7:13:28 AM)

1.Victory too.
just imagine Nelson bleedingin his barrel and lots of smoke, not so ineffective canonfire, pontoons painted in red so blood won't get noticed ...
and beautiful ships, must be added.

2. minelayers (no other ships in the belgian navy so...)

3. Yorktown. always ound this ship fascinating. took so much punishment, went back on battlestation after 3 days of repairs, bombed once, back at battle station, bombed again, abandoned, rescued again, towed to safety ... and killed by a sub.
kind of of Sylvester Stallone in his Rocky 1->75 : always getting punched always going down, always getting up and eventually winning.
real american hero, this Yorktown.



slickric -> (12/9/2002 1:25:27 PM)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1
[B]Carriers are a potent weapon, but they are ugly all the same man, no beauty of line or eye catching symetry. [/B][/QUOTE]

Les beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think she is a wonderful looking thing just as long as she isn’t the apposing force and you don't have one of you’re own.



Kuniworth -> (12/9/2002 7:33:22 PM)

I would say Gato-subs if they are included....


Otherwise super BB Musashi, sunk at the battle of Leyte late 1944. Took a large amount of torpedoes and bombs before sinking.



showboat1 -> (12/10/2002 12:48:40 AM)

The Yamato class ships weren't what I would call good looking ships, but they LOOKED tough. Their size had to be awe inspiring.



screamer -> (12/12/2002 2:17:17 AM)

HRMS De Ruyter [Doormans flagship] , because family fought and died on it

otherwise the Prins Eugen as i have been facinated by this boat for a long time

And for modern ships, our brand new Zeven Provincien class destroyers



Fallschirmjager -> (12/12/2002 3:21:40 AM)

CSA Alabama



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