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Nemesis -> (12/14/2002 10:33:14 PM)
Two ships actually: Bismark and Yamato For different reasons I have always admired the courage and skill of the crew of Bismark. And it was a good-looking ship, and the construction was really good (as demonstrated by the pounding she took in the end) As to Yamato... There is something appealing in a super-battleship like Yamato was. Big guns, lots of guns.

Cap Mandrake -> (12/15/2002 12:29:40 AM)
I agree....HMS Victory...beautiful vessel.....and Nelson's "speech" before the Battle of Trafalgar..perhaps the most understated but stirring motivation of men before battle. "England expects every man to do his duty"

Preuss -> Lutzow and Von der Tann (12/15/2002 5:06:01 AM)
Beautiful battlecruisers! Sleek, clean lines (like all German capital ships of the time), great firepower (for WWI) and superior protection. German vessels of WWI are head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to pleasing the eye.

rcwkent -> (12/16/2002 9:18:09 PM)
USS Constitution [IMG]http://www.msnusers.com/My%20Web%20Documents/Documents/Pictures/constitution%2Ejpg[/IMG]

lefty_nutter -> (12/17/2002 3:34:05 AM)
Has to be the Charles de Gaulle. :D

Noodleboy -> (12/18/2002 2:44:35 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cap Mandrake [B]I agree....HMS Victory...beautiful vessel.....and Nelson's "speech" before the Battle of Trafalgar..perhaps the most understated but stirring motivation of men before battle. "England expects every man to do his duty" [/B][/QUOTE] There were some sailors who were actually quite annoyed at that, i understand one Captain said 'what the bloody hell did he expect us to do?' Nevermind, a great speech anyway. Most beautiful ship, HMS Rodney; those lines, man, those lines.

Cap Mandrake -> (12/18/2002 10:13:20 AM)
****lefty's signature thingy at the bottom*** __________________ 'Well, I ah, I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.' 'Yes a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I was able to interpret these feelings correctly: loss of essence.' 'I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women... women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence.' **************************************** The immortal words of General Jack T. Ripper Dang, lefty I am impressed. Did you know Gen. Ripper well?

lefty_nutter -> (12/18/2002 8:00:33 PM)
Good old Jack T. What a guy! I'm still mourning his loss. Never met him but his charm and good humour are legendary. Remember the old machine gun in the golf bag trick? Great party piece that one. While Jack T. may be gone his spirit lives on in the AOW forum and most especially in Tomanbeg. He has the same spirit of reconciliation with and desire to reach an amicable understanding with those he does not agree with. I'm not too sure about his views on 'essence' but you ask him... Hope your gammy leg isn't playing up Mandrake old boy. I'll see to it that you get your knighthood if it's the last thing I do. :D

Cap Mandrake -> (12/18/2002 9:45:59 PM)
Ah yes lefty...your comments do bring back fond memories....especially the golf-bag machine gun. I don't know if you know this story, but once, when those misdirected Army troops were closing in on his office, Jack pulled the darn thing out and set it right down on his desk without the tripod! Over the deafening roar of the gun, he yelled to me "feed me Mandrake" as I handled the ammo belt. Ah, the camraderie of arms. Thanks so much for your support on the Knighthood thing. Cheers P.S.. have grown fond of the pure grain alcohol thing too!

The MSG -> (12/22/2002 5:31:26 AM)
The Destroyer class "Halland" DD. http://www.warships1.com/SWEj18_Halland_strbrdfrt2.jpg http://www.warships1.com/SWEj18_Halland_strbrdfrt.jpg http://www.warships1.com/SWEj19_Smaland_frt.jpg http://www.warships1.com/SWEj19_Smalland_prt.jpg The first destroyer equipped with SSM's in the world http://www.warships1.com/SWEj18_Halland_super1.jpg or The cruiser "Tre Kronor" CL, kept the peace during troubled times. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3389/images/cllato20.jpg http://www.warships1.com/Weapons/WNNeth_59-53_m1942.htm Cant decide, love them both... :mad: As for new stuff Visby FFL http://www.kockums.se/News/photostock/Resources/AK0006.jpg http://www.kockums.se/News/photostock/Resources/Levkontroll_DK_020305_0016.jpg http://www.kockums.se/News/photostock/Resources/DK_011206_0036.jpeg http://www.kockums.se/News/photostock/Resources/AK0008.jpg

showboat1 -> (12/24/2002 9:27:27 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by screamer [B]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 [/B][/QUOTE] The De Ruyter was one of my favs when I was younger. It had great lines, looked really sleek.

pappahunt -> Favorite War Ship of all time (12/24/2002 10:14:34 AM)
I suppose you guys also like bmw's and caddies to? For my money there is nothing more beautiful than "OLD IRONSIDES" under full sail!!!:D

Stefdragon -> Globe Trotter (12/25/2002 1:00:27 AM)
Sir Francis Drake's "THE GOLDEN HIND". Circumnavigated the world from 1577-1580. After losing all of her accompanying ships, she sailed into the private bathtub of the most powerful Naval Power in the world at the time, Spain's Gold Rich Empire on the West Coast of South America, and single handedly looted and plundered without letup, before sailing back to Merry old England and the Queen! Possibly the most successful solo Raider in all of History! :)

Grumbling Grogn -> HMS Warspite (12/31/2002 11:33:08 AM)
HMS Warspite She had class. All there is to it. Labored on LONG after many of her day were gone. Not to mention that in Avalon Hill's "War At Sea" (the very first war game I ever played much of...30 years ago...) she always seemed to kick butt for me. :)

stevemk1a -> British Steel (12/31/2002 2:45:37 PM)
Ahh ... the battleship Warspite. She fought bravely at Jutland vs. German battleships in WWI. Many years later, in WWII she hit the Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare at 24, 600 yards with a 15 inch shell. During the evacuation of Crete she was hit by a divebomber. She was repaired in the U.S. and present during the invasion of Italy where she was hit by two bombs. During the D-day invasion, she hit a mine but still performed her bombardment duties without a flaw. She served on until the end of the war, and ran aground on her way to be scrapped. A true "Battleship"!

AbsntMndedProf -> (12/31/2002 8:48:32 PM)
For my 20th Century favorite, I'd pick another veteran of the battle of Jutland, H.M.S. Iron Duke: [IMG]http://www.navart.com.au/Navart%20Storage/irondukeT.gif[/IMG] Eric Maietta

YohanTM2 -> (1/1/2003 7:24:07 AM)
Someone already mentioned it but the Belfast class LCs were beautiful

fcooke -> Belfast is still around (1/8/2003 7:47:04 PM)
Not sure I agree she's beautiful but she's still around. Moored as a museum ship here on the Thames in London.

shortpath -> (1/12/2003 2:41:45 AM)
The Royal Navy always seems to have the best names for warships; Trafalgar, Ark Royal, Invincible, Warspite, Trenchant, Illustrious, Iron Duke, Valiant, etcetera, any others pop to mind...

walk70 -> MY FAVORITE WARSHIP (1/12/2003 9:27:24 AM)
My favorite is the first ship i served on. She was a ship with pride and a lot of first. She was the first Nuclear Powered Surface Warship, beating out the USS Enterprise by one month. She was the first warship commissioned without guns, although 2 5"38 were later added as was CIWS. She was the first ship with a Phased Array computer controlled Air Defense System. She was the first ship to Circumnavigate the globe without refueling. She was the first to shoot down a supersonic aircraft with a Surface to Air Missile (TALOS). She was the last true cruiser in the U.S. Inventory weighing in at 17,400 tons (Ticonderoga CG's are around 11,000 tons). She had steal plates below the maindeck and a partial maindeck with wood planking. Two luxuries that disappeared soon after she was commissioned. She wasn't pretty with classic lines. In fact she was top heavy and tended to exaggerate rolls. She was originally to be commissioned with the hull number CG(N)-160 but was actually commissioned as CGN-9. She was the gap between the gun navy of WW II and the modern missile equipped navy of today. She was the [B]USS LONGBEACH[/B] The fact that she was commissioned the same year I was born didn't hurt either. :D

CCB -> (1/12/2003 10:21:18 PM)
The Longbeach was truly a revolutionary design. Though I wouldn't want to be anywhere in that superstructure when the missiles/shells started flying. Luckily they didn't. My favorite USN warship from that time would be the USS Leahy though.

CCB -> (1/12/2003 10:27:46 PM)
USS Leahy [IMG]http://ourworld.cs.com/Coccb7armdiv/images/leahy.jpg[/IMG] My first warship model was the Leahy. ;)

walk70 -> (1/16/2003 3:16:38 PM)
My first ship as I stated earlier was the Longbeach and she will always be my favorite, but I also served on a Leahy class. The USS Dale (CG-19). After NTU (New Threat Upgrade) they became ships with great AAW capabilities, the only problem is that by this time the hulls and propulsion plants were reaching a mid life crisis stage. Yea, it felt good when we got to show the new "Aegis" boats that they held nothing over on the tried and true. We could and often did outrange them utilizing our SM-2 ER birds. The new CG's were limited to the MR birds due to magazine design. Those were the days:D Just a little self history: USS Longbeach(CGN-9), USS Deyo(DD-989), USS Elmer Montgomery(FF-1082), USS Dale(CG-19), USS Monterey(CG-61). Also I did two years in Guantanamo Bay at Fleet Training Group and rode just about everthing in the Atlantic Fleet, from the USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN-71), USS Iowa(BB-61) to the USS Sphinx (ARL-34) and everything in between. That was a great tour of duty!!!!!

stevemk1a -> USS Longbeach (1/17/2003 2:22:28 PM)
When I was a kid I saw pictures of the Enterprise and Longbeach steaming side by side with those big slab sided superstructures for the SPS33 radar ... they looked invincible! I tried to build a plastic model of the big "E" but I screwed up all the aircraft and lost them in my schoolyard ... I still love that picture though!

showboat1 -> (1/17/2003 11:33:06 PM)
We sure did know how to build the "long shooters" when it came to anti-air.

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